Paradoxes of Catholicism
By 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
I Peace and War
II Wealth and Poverty
III Sanctity and Sin
IV Joy and Sorrow
V Love of God and Love of Man
VI Faith and Reason
VII Authority and Liberty
VIII Corporateness and Individualism
IX Meekness and Violence
X The Seven Words