“The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end.”

The World's Last Night (1952)
Context: The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.

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Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist 1898–1963

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