Paradoxes of Catholicism

 

Robert Hugh BensonBy Robert Hugh Benson

These sermons (which the following pages contain in a much abbreviated form) were delivered, partly in England in various places and at various times, partly in New York in the Lent of 1912, and finally, as a complete course, in the church of S. Silvestro-in-Capite, in Rome, in the Lent of 1913. Some of the ideas presented in this book have already been set out in a former volume entitled “Christ in the Church” and a few in the meditations upon the Seven Words, in another volume, but in altogether other connections. The author thought it better, therefore, to risk repetition rather than incoherency in the present set of considerations. It is hoped that the repetitions are comparatively few.

ROBERT HUGH BENSON.
HARE STREET HOUSE, BUNTINGFORD
EASTER, 1913

 

Contents

Introductory

(i)   JESUS CHRIST, GOD AND MAN

(ii)  THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, DIVINE AND HUMAN

Peace and War

 

II Wealth and Poverty

 

III Sanctity and Sin

 

IV Joy and Sorrow

 

Love of God and Love of Man

 

VI Faith and Reason

 

VII Authority and Liberty

 

VIII Corporateness and Individualism

 

IX Meekness and Violence

 

The Seven Words

 

XI Life and Death