tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post6649099979330203310..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Now we know WHO to thank!Nancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-34862638943453822422009-12-08T11:58:21.947-06:002009-12-08T11:58:21.947-06:00Question & Quote
Blognerd, you said "Bot...Question & Quote<br /><br />Blognerd, you said "Both he and Belloc agreed that actual Paganism was alive and well within Catholicism" - do you just mean that Catholicism took from Paganism everything of value and incorporated/altered different aspects of paganism into the church - or do you mean what you are literally saying: that there are actual pagans in the church. If it is the former no explanation required, if it is the latter, please elaborate. I know that C.S. Lewis said something along the lines of the fact that Protestantism at is worst was the worship of an indescribable void with no edges, definitions, rules, etc; and that Catholicism at its worst is priest-craft and saint-worship. But, I don’t remember every reading anything from GKC that hinted at that sort of thing. If he did I’d enjoy reading it.<br /><br />***Also, this post reminded me of a very popular GKC quote:<br />“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” <br />***I don't remember what book this is from. ... anyone?<br />-Dan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-84259428776246280262009-11-29T00:09:30.384-06:002009-11-29T00:09:30.384-06:00Nice response Blog nerd!
Btw, shouldn't it be...Nice response Blog nerd!<br /><br />Btw, shouldn't it be "whom" instead of "who" in "now we know WHO to thank"?<br /><br />Or am I missing something?davymax3https://www.blogger.com/profile/04920344947294561651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-2063445875663031522009-11-27T06:00:13.150-06:002009-11-27T06:00:13.150-06:00If I may butt in here: Makairos, I think you mista...If I may butt in here: Makairos, I think you mistake the matter--he isn't referring to literal New Age Pagans or those who practice Wicca--he was referring to those whom the inheritance of Paganism had transferred in his time. Because you are quite right. The literal practice of Wicca was not something widely acknowledged or present in his culture. He is merely discussing the form Paganism had taken in society at that time--and for him it was Pessimism and Atheism. <br /><br />You could think of these "Pagans" as those who need conversion, the correlate to the Pagans who were converted during the early history of Christianity. <br /><br />I think you'd find Chesterton more than a little sympathetic to actual Wiccans and he would find them a couple of degrees above atheists and pessimists. Both he and Belloc agreed that actual Paganism was alive and well within Catholicism, and both felt that the Pagan was redeemed within Roman Catholic Christianity. <br /><br />He wrote in several places of his sympathy for the true Pagans of old.blog nerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546454002729653696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-60099942685600592962009-11-27T01:52:38.046-06:002009-11-27T01:52:38.046-06:00"The modern Pagans are merely atheists; who w...<i>"The modern Pagans are merely atheists; who worship nothing and therefore create nothing. . . . For half of them are pessimists who say they have nothing to be thankful for; and the other half are atheists who have nobody to thank."<br /></i><br /><br />If Chesterton said that, then he was an ignoramus. I doubt that he had ever knowingly met a contemporary Pagan or spoken with one. Of course, they largely kept quiet in 1931, since Witchcraft was still technically illegal in the U.K. at that time ("The Dark Ages called--they want their laws back.")<br /><br />If you are interested in some facts (as opposed to elegantly expressed ignorance and bigotry), I'd suggest starting with Prof. Hutton's <i>The Triumph of the Moon.</i>Makarioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08392249532355639518noreply@blogger.com