Anxieties Are Not Sins – Quote by C. S. Lewis

„Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.“

Clive Staples LewisC. S. Lewis reflects on anxiety, faith, and suffering, explaining why inner affliction should not be confused with guilt or sin.
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Clive Staples Lewis was an Irish writer and literary scholar. He taught at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

In this reflection, C. S. Lewis distinguishes anxiety as a human affliction from guilt. The quotation encourages a compassionate view of inner suffering.


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C. S. Lewis quote about anxieties being afflictions, not sins

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was an Anglo-Irish writer, literary scholar, and theologian. He is renowned for his works of Christian apologetics and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. Lewis taught literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at the University of Cambridge. His influence extends to modern fantasy literature and Christian philosophy.

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