BIBLION MAGAZINE INTERACTIVE EDITION (EN) #5 / SEP-OCT 2017 | Page 12

B I B L I O N - Review of Books, Books in Review “ The principle of life in all these variations of Protestantism, in so far as it is not a principle of death, consists of what remained in them of Catholic Christendom; (...) I know that this will sound like a statement to be challenged; but it is true. Protestants are Catholics gone wrong. That is what is really meant by saying they are Christians. Thus a Calvinist is a Catholic obsessed with the Catholic idea of the sovereignity of God. (…) But every step he takes back towards humanity is a step back towards Catholicism. Thus a Quaker is a Catholic obsessed with the Catholic idea of gentle simplicity and truth. (…) Only every step he takes back towards common sense is a step back towards Catholicism. To become a Catholic is not to leave off thinking, but to learn how to think. Paganism was the largest thing in the world and Christianity was larger; and everything else has been comparatively small. G. K. Chesterton 12 SEP-OCT 2017