C. S. Lewis - Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is ea

Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have included two Graces under the word Charity. But God can give a third. He can awake in man, towards Himself, a supernatural Appreciative love. This is of all gifts the most to be desired. Here, not in our natural loves, nor even in ethics, lies the true centre of all human and angelic life. With this all things are possible.

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Lewis, C. S. The Four Loves. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960, p. 191.

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About the Author

C. S. Lewis

Born: November 29, 1898
Died: November 22, 1963
Nationality: Irish
Profession: Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Biography

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.

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