Faith Flashcards
What did Evelyn Waugh write for the Daily express in 1930
In the present phase of European history the essential is … between Christianity and chaos
Civilisation … came into being through Christianity
Christianity is essential to civilisation … it is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries
When and where did Waugh write that civilisation came into being through Christianity and that Christianity is essential for civilisation
Daily express
1930
In EIAE what does Cha day about Seba religion
Enigma
“Sebastian’s faith was an enigma to me at that time, but not one which I felt particularly concerned to solve. I had no religion.”
Seb joke about being good
Who was it who used to pray O god make me good but not yet
What does Charles say abt religion being nonsense religion and how does S respond
S: “Is ir nonsense? I wish it were. It sometimes sounds terribly sensible to me.”
How does Sebastian summarise Catholicism
Lovely
It’s a lovely idea
C: but you can’t believe things because they’re a lovely idea
S: but I do. That’s how I believe
Sebastian on Charles inability to understand his faith
If you can’t see, you can’t
Brideshead describing agnosticism as an infection
Is there much of that at your college. … it’s everywhere
Seb in hiding faith pg81
Describes catholic’s as different “particularly in this country, where they’re so few”
Everything they think important is different from other people. They try and hide it as much as they can, but it comes out all the time.”
How did Waugh describe role of religion in the book
Operation of divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters
Lovely idea dialogue
S: its a lovely idea
C: but you can’t believe things because they’re a lovely idea
S: but I do. That’s how I believe.
Lady marchnain on how being rich makes her a Martyr
beautiful things
Now I realise that it is possible for the rich to sin by coveting the privileges of the poor. The poor have always been the favourites of God and his saints.
Covet - yearn to possess
Obsession with possession
Charles was untouched by what about Lady M
I was as untouched by her faith as I was by her charm
The chapel seemed to be
have been moulded in plasticine
Some descriptions of chapel
Arts-and-crafts style Flower-spangled meadows Frisking lambs Bright colours Altar steps had a carpet of grass-green
Sebastian saying he wished he liked catholic’s more
S: i wish I liked catholic’s more
C: they seem just like other people
S: my dear Charles, that’s exactly what they’re not - particularly in this country, where they’re so few. (…) everything they think important is different from other people. They try and hide it as much as they can, but it comes out all the time
Daily express 1930 titles of Waugh’s article
Converted to Rome: why it has happened to me
What does Waugh say in his 1930 article in the Daily Express, Converted to Rome: why it has happened to me
Christianity is essential to civilisation
It is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries
Brideshead conversation with Charles and Cordelia on beauty of chapel
C: I think it’s beautiful’ said Cordelia, with tears in her eyes
B: is it Good Art?
C: (…) probably in 80 years it will be greatly admired
What did Waugh describe the role of religion in the novel as
Operation of divine grace On a group of diverse but closely connected characters
The essential issue is
Between Christianity and chaos
1930 article
Father brown said
‘ I caught him with an unseen hook and an invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread
Significance of a twitch upon the thread throughout the three books
Lady Marchmain reads it in book 1
Cordelia references it and quotes it in book 2
And book 3 is titled it
Threads the books together
Which painting does Charles compare Julia to
The awakened conscience by William Holman Hunt
When Charles sees LORD marchmain making the cross quote
And a phrase came back to me from childhood of the veil of the temple being rent from top to bottom
Context of : and a phrase came back to me from childhood of the veil of the temple being rent from top to bottom
Book of Matthew where a temple breaks in two where Christianity splits from Judaism
Parallel for Charles Catholicism breaking off from his agnosticism
When Charles resdiscovers the chapel
The chapel show no ill-effects of its long neglect; the art-nouveau paint was as fresh and bright as ever
I said a prayer, an ancient, newly-learned form of words, and left
How lonely the city stands
Quomodo sedet sola civitas
What light does Charles find in the chapel
A small red flame
There I found it this morning, burning anew among the old stones
Rothstein on Julia’s faith and a quote
A repressed identity firmly interiorised during youth
Following her sin speech she mentions mummy dying with it; Christ dying with it, nailed hand and foot; hanging over the bed in the night nursery; hanging year after year
What did Cordelia day about Sebastian and holiness generally
No one is ever holy without suffering
