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Virtue at its sticking point

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Star from the Lizard Constellation Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

…courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at its sticking point, which means, at the point of its highest reality. A chastity or honesty, or mercy, which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful until it became risky. – C.S. Lewis Screwtape Letters

So what does it mean if the leaders of your church lack courage?

January 3, 2024