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Nature Gave the Word Meaning

C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

C.S. Lewis wrote, “Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me.” Creation does not replace revelation. It can still prepare the imagination to receive it.

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Nature does not prove God by itself, but it can teach us what glory feels like.

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