Who said this - C.S. Lewis or Pope Francis?
“Christians have often disputed as to whether what leads the Christian home [to heaven] is good actions, or Faith in Christ…it does seem to me like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most necessary.”
~ Lewis from Mere Christianity
Who said this - C.S. Lewis or Pope Francis?
“I think that every prayer which is sincerely made even to a false god, or to a very imperfectly conceived true God, is accepted by the true God and that Christ saves many who do not think they know him. For He is (dimly) present in the good side of the inferior teachers they follow. In the parable of the Sheep and Goats those who are saved do not seem to know that they have served Christ.”
~ This was written by C.S. Lewis. This same view of Lewis - sincere worship no matter who or what it is directed to is also seen in his Chronicles of Narnia. There is a character (Emeth) in the last book who sincerely serves and worships a false god (a devil) his entire life. After his death he learns that Aslan is the one true God, but since he was so sincere in his worship of the devil, Aslan allows him into heaven (Aslan's country) anyway.
Who said this - C.S. Lewis or Pope Francis?
“You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience.”
~ Pope Francis
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