January 28, 2008
Heretics 12 : Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
“The real difference between Paganism and Christianity is perfectly summed up in the difference between the pagan, or rational, virtues, and those three virtues of Christianity which the Church of Rome calls virtues of grace…which are in their essence as unreasonable as they can be….Whatever may be the meaning of the contradiction, it is a fact that the only kind of hope that is of any use in the battle is the hope that denies arithmetic. Whatever may be the meaning of the contradiction, it is a fact that the only kind of charity which any weak spirit wants, and which any generous spirit feels, is the charity that forgives sins that are like scarlet. Whatever may be the meaning of faith, it must always mean a certainty about something we cannot prove.”



















