by David » May 31st, 2005, 1:12 pm
I'm surprised how many people think Lewis was a Roman Catholic. When I was in graduate school (Purude University) we were discussing Milton and A Preface to Paradise Lost. I mentioned that Lewis was an Anglican and everyone in the seminar insisted he was Catholic. I went back to my TA office and mentioned it and everyone in the office said, "I thought he was Catholic." Not long ago, I heard Neil Connan on the PBS program Talk of the Nation interview a Tolkein scholar. Connan mentioned C. S. Lewis and said, "He was also a Roman Catholic, wasn't he?" The scholar corrected him and he seemed surprised. So the notion that Lewis was RC is widespread.
I might just mention that before the end of that seminar, Time magazine came out with an article on Lewis. The second paragraph began, "Lewis, an Anglican, has always been popular with Roman Catholics." Needless to say, I took it to class and showed it to everyone there, and to everyone in my office.
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