Re: Orthodox Catholisism

D. Vinson (duncan.vinson@SERAPH1.SEWANEE.EDU)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:09:53 -0500

>I have posted my thoughts on O'Connor's Janenism. I suspect that Percy's "bad
>Catholicism" is a character predicate for More (that is to whom it is applied
>isn't it) in the way many of Greene's character's are bad Catholics--its a
>literary device.

Actually, I was referring to Percy's self-interview in /Signposts/
(or was it /Message/) where the interviewer asks Percy what kind of
Catholic he is, and he responds, "The bad kind." Is there also a "good
kind," or is the implication that all Catholics are "bad" (possibly through
original sin, as someone commented)? It is an interesting riddle.

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