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“Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.”

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Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson was a prominent British historian known for his extensive research on the history of medieval Europe. His works, such as 'The History of the Middle Ages' and 'The Social History of the Middle Ages,' have had a profound impact on the study of medieval history. more

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Book:Enquiries Into Religion and Culture (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Enquiries Into Religion and Culture (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

“It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.”

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Book:The Formation of Christendom

Source: The Formation of Christendom

“It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends.”

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Book:Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

“Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.”

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Author:Christopher Dawson

“The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.”

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Book:Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

“The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.”

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Author:Christopher Dawson

“Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.”

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“The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.”

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Book:The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

Source: The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

“The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own image upon them.”

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Author:Christopher Dawson