“Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.”

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Meaning

Love can overlook flaws and continue to care despite them. But real love does not settle for brokenness; it also wants the other person to be restored and made whole.

When It Was Said

1940

Who It Was Said To

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Historical Context

Listed in Ch. III of The Problem of Pain (1940).

Source

Ch. III

Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

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About C.S. Lewis

British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian

C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held posts in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis also wrote The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy, along with Christian apologetic works such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His writing ranges from imaginative fiction to religious argument, and much of it reflects his interest in Christian belief and moral questions.

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