On CS Lewis' birthday, know why the author reconverted to Christianity

British author Clive Staples Lewis was born to an Anglo-Irish family in Belfast in year 1898. He was raised by his parents who were Protestants. But it wasn’t until his mor’s death that he began reing holy book Bible for himself and eventually began working out on his own thoughts on religion, as reported by EWTN. During which, Christianity offered him consolation at time when he was feeling loneliness and sorrow.

CS Lewis' conversion to Christianity

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As per EWTN, initially, during his teen, CS Lewis h abandoned religion. site ded that he immersed himself in Greek mythology, German mythology and later Irish mythology and literature. He eventually moved furr from Christianity once he left school in year 1914. He was n tutored by William Kirkpatrick, who was a family friend, privately. He was an aist and often challenged CS Lewis to think about himself and to leave conformist ideas about religion.

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He was a professor at Oxford University and Cambridge University for English Literature. Once he settled in his professional as well as domestic life in his early thirties, CS Lewis dressed a turning point in his spiritual life. He dealt with his meeting with J R R Tolkien. y met in Oxford and a more than 40-year-old friendship was developed which gave birth to ir famous vels- Narnia and Lord of Rings, as mentioned on site.

Tolkien's friendship brought him closer to Jesus Christ

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site furr ded that in 1929, CS Lewis was on his knees and prayed to God desperately. It was Tolkien’s friendship that brought him closer to Jesus Christ. His reconversion to Christianity was t a simple one. It was accompanied by doubts, inward debates and discussions with friends. In Catholic Church and Conversion, CS Lewis declared, “ mark of faith is t trition; it is conversion. It is miracle by which men find truth in spite of trition and often with rending of all roots of humanity.... A century or two hence Spiritualism may be a trition and Socialism may be a trition and Christian Science may be a trition. But Catholicism will t be a trition. It will still be a nuisance and a new and dangerous thing...".

CS Lewis has written more than 30 books which are translated into more than 30 langus. copies are sold in millions all over world. CS Lewis was married to American writer Joy Davidman.

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