
This historic collection of eleven apologetic sermons was delivered by Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) in England and the United States in the early 20th-century on the eve of World War I. The titles of the sermons are as follows: I Peace and War II Wealth and Poverty III Sanctity...

The mysteries of the Catholic Church, a materialistic scientist once announced to an astonished world, are child's play compared with the mysteries of nature. He was completely wrong, of course, yet there was every excuse for his mistake. For, as he himself tells us in effect,...

Now those who stand without the walls of the City of Peace know nothing, it is true, of the life that its citizens lead within, nothing of the harmony and consolation that Catholicism alone can give. Yet of certain points, it may be, in the large outlines of that city against...




The mysteries of the Church, a materialistic scientist once announced to an astonished world, are child's play compared with the mysteries of nature.* He was completely wrong, of course, yet there was every excuse for his mistake. For, as he himself tells us in effect, he found...




This historic collection of eleven apologetic sermons was delivered by Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) in England and the United States in the early 20th-century on the eve of World War I. The titles of the sermons are as follows: I Peace and War II Wealth and Poverty III Sanctity...

"Paradoxes of Catholicism" from Benson Robert Hugh. English Anglican priest who joined the Roman Catholic Church (1871-1914).

Robert Hugh Benson (18 November 1871 - 19 October 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He was lauded in his own day as one of the leading figures in English literature, having written...


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Paradoxes of Catholicism

Paradoxes of Catholicism by Robert Hugh Benson. The mysteries of the Church, a materialistic scientist once announced to an astonished world, are child's play compared with the mysteries of nature. He was completely wrong, of course, yet there was every excuse for his mistake...

The mysteries of the Church, a materialistic scientist once announced to an astonished world, are child's play compared with the mysteries of nature. He was completely wrong, of course, yet there was every excuse for his mistake. For, as he himself tells us in effect, he found...

Paradoxes of Catholicism is a book written by Robert Hugh Benson, first published in 1913. It is a collection of essays that explore the paradoxical nature of the Catholic faith, examining topics such as the relationship between faith and reason, the role of the Church in society,...




