When the world shook and the sun was wiped out of heaven, it was not at the crucifixion, but at the cry from the cross: the cry which confessed that God was forsaken of God. And now let the revolutionists choose a creed from all the creeds and a god from all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of inevitable recurrence and of unalterable power. They will not find another god who has himself been in revolt. Nay (the matter grows too difficult for human speech), but let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist.
–from Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, as quoted by philosopher Slavoj Zisek, in this article on “German Idealism & Christianity, from Hegel to Chesterton” (via Micah Towery). Read the rest of this Lent series on “The Lamb Eternally Slain”
Thanks for sharing. Made me think! Have a joyful Good Friday!
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Thank you for Chesterton. Very few have discovered his treasury of thought. His book is dog-eared on my reading stack to give me a burst of freshness. I chose a couple of his on my blog, too.
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Your blog is incredible. Keep it coming.
Peace of Christ to you.
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Thanks, new friend. I look forward to encouraging one another in our own writing endeavors.
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Read about the Passion of Christ in this book
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