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Inscribed Poem and Chapter One

A study of a book by GK Chesterton.

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Postby Kanakaberaka » January 8th, 2006, 7:25 pm

so it goes...
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The Ecumenical Chesterton

Postby Kanakaberaka » January 11th, 2006, 9:58 am

One interesting comment made by Gabriel Syme was in reply to Gregory's question if it were true that Syme had a religion. Syme smiled and replied "we are all Catholics now".
This has me wondering what Chesterton meant. This novel was published in 1908 and Chesterton did not convert to Roman Catholisism untill 1922. Was Syme refering to being "catholic" in the "universal" sense? Or was it Roman Catholisism he was refering to since he did use a capital "C"?
Even more interesting that Gregory insists that Syme swear to whatever gods he belives in before showing him a secret.
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Re: The Ecumenical Chesterton

Postby lee_merrill » January 15th, 2006, 3:28 am

"As Macdonald said, 'No one loves because he sees reason, but because he loves.'" (C.S. Lewis)
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Re: The Ecumenical Chesterton

Postby lee_merrill » January 18th, 2006, 2:49 am

"As Macdonald said, 'No one loves because he sees reason, but because he loves.'" (C.S. Lewis)
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re: Inscribed Poem and Chapter One

Postby magpie » February 3rd, 2006, 10:10 pm

I am late in posting (family issues) but here goes. When I first read this chapter, it occurred to me that Syme and Gregory were two sides to one personality, the self and its shadow as it were. Syme and Gregory seem almost like a photo and its negative which nonetheless contain the same picture. This might account for their initial attraction and subsequent conflict. Also like the yang and yin, each shows a hint of the other in faint and subtile ways.
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