27 December 2018

27 December, A Chesterton Calendar

DECEMBER 27th

ST. JOHN’S DAY

Christ did not love humanity, He never said He loved humanity; He loved men. Neither He nor anyone else can love humanity; it is like loving a gigantic centipede. And the reason that the Tolstoians can even endure to think of an equally distributed love is that their love of humanity is a logical love, a love into which they are coerced by their own theories, a love which would be an insult to a tom-cat.

‘Twelve Types.’

Chesterton, G. K.. The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books] (Kindle Locations 45581-45586). Catholic Way Publishing. Kindle Edition.

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