The Quotable Knox: A Topical Compendium of the Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Knox by Ronald A. Knox

Author:Ronald A. Knox
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Catholicism, Theology
ISBN: 9780898704075
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Published: 1996-03-15T05:00:00+00:00

having matriculated two hundred years ago —it may as well come now, since it would have had to come sooner or later. "Facts", says the Bishop of Much Wenlock in the current number of his Diocesan Magazine, "are only the steam which obscures the mirror of truth."

-ESS, 260-61

Journalists

The newspaper proprietor, while he aspires to be the tyrant of public opinion, must in many ways stoop to be its slave.

-OCC, 23

Joy and Sorrow

In proportion as we are good Christians, the world will find us... a little removed from its insensate pursuit of pleasures, a little obsessed with thoughts of death and of judgment, a little sceptical about its facile optimisms ... in proportion as w r e are good Christians, this seriousness of character will not reflect itself in empty brooding on the wickedness of the world, will not make us morbid, self-centered, disillusioned. Rather, we shall fmd that Christian sorrow- and Christian joy have their roots nearer together than we fancied; that the desire for God's will to be done perfectly in us and in all creatures, which is the Christian religion, bears a double fruit of sadness and of gladness. For so it must be, until our earthly Lent is over, and we rejoice for ever in the triumph of the eternal Easter-tide.

— PAS, 190-91

Judas Iscariot

Had there to be a Judas Iscariot? No—it was not necessary that our Lord should die at all. But that he should die, and die as he did, was evidently included in the Divine plan. All we can see, surely, is a man created by God with great possibilities for good or evil; a free choice before him between the top of heaven and the bottom of hell. Twelve such men were created and chosen to be Apostles; one of them, freely, made the wrong choice. Somehow, this monstrous abuse of human free will fitted into God's plan.... But you must not try to use force (as it were) in solving the mystery, either (a) by

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