“How well I remember reading C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity
many years ago. It seemed that here was someone who knew the essentials of the
Christian faith and expressed them clearly, forcibly and with an acute insight
in to Christian Revelation. I also remember enjoying very much The Screwtape
Letters and thinking how clever C. S. Lewis was in anticipating how the devil
works in our everyday lives and, of course, the Narnia books were and are
hugely enjoyable and bring us literally into another kind of world. C. S. Lewis
influenced me in the sense that here was a non-Catholic Christian expressing
Christian faith in a way that was quite in accord with Roman Catholic teaching
and with which I can concur completely. It opened up for me a sense of an
ecumenical path and brought me to realise many years ago how much we as Roman
Catholics had in common with the Anglican Communion and made me resolve to
further the communion between us in every way open to me.”
—Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop Emeritus ofWestminster
To me, CS Lewis comprehends almost perfectly the plan of our Heavenly Father, knowledge of the primitive church Christ set up while he was on the earth, and He understands fundamental gospel principles that were lost after Christ died.... He is a uniter among religions, not a divider.
—Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop Emeritus of