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“Catholic literature is rarely pious.”

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Book:The Catholic Writer Today: And Other Essays

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The Catholic Writer Today: And Other Essays

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Dana Gioia, born on December 24, 1950, is an accomplished American poet known for his profound emotions and rich imagination in his works. more

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“Με το πέρασμα των φεγγαριών και το φυλλορρόημα των γενεών το γεφύρι έστεκε αναλλοίωτο, όπως και το νερό που κύλαγε από κάτω του. Γερνούσε βέβαια, όπως όλα, αλλά σε χρονικά διαστήματα πολύ πιο μεγάλα, όχι μονάχα απ' όσο κρατάει η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου αλλά περισσότερο και από το μάκρος της ζωής ολόκληρων γενεών, κι ήταν τόσο μεγάλα τα διαστήματα, που κανένας δεν μπορούσε να δει με το μάτι αυτό το γέρασμα. Αν και φθαρτό, όπως όλα τα πράγματα, το γεφύρι έμοιαζε να 'χει ζωή αιώνια, γιατί κανείς δεν μπορούσε να προβλέψει το τέλος του.”

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“The renewal of the Catholic arts will not come from the Church itself.”

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Book:The Catholic Writer Today: And Other Essays

Source: The Catholic Writer Today: And Other Essays

“When we write stories that are happy, with little conflict or inference of sin, then we are creating portraits of the world that perpetuate a sort of "soft universalism," the idea that no one is truly lost but rather that all are actually saved.”

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Book:God as Author: A Biblical Approach to Narrative

Source: God as Author: A Biblical Approach to Narrative

“For Christians who desire to write, the call to read broadly is an absolute necessity, for writing is, in many ways, the process of digesting and synthesizing not only the thoughts and experiences of a writer's own life, but the writer's intellectual wanderings as well.”

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Book:God as Author: A Biblical Approach to Narrative

Source: God as Author: A Biblical Approach to Narrative

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Source: Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality

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“Cam leaned over the bedside, clasping Jenner’s hands in his just as Evie had done. “Father of my heart,” the young Gypsy said softly, “be at peace with every soul you leave behind. And know that God will open your way in the new life.”

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