Ronald Knox
Ronald Knox
Ronald Arbuthnott Knoxwas an English priest, theologian and author of detective stories. He was also a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 February 1888
bigot corrected
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected ''I believe'' to ''One does feel.''
funny man
Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
believing devil given modern stupid
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
responsibility
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
arouse cover good interest sermon
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
humor humorous pose
The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.
queens thinking matter
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top nation, that foreigners do not matter, and that if the worst comes to the worst, Lord Salisbury will send a gunboat.
men dignity theologian
Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
mark humour halls
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
long ritual
Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.
race doubt helping
O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever about Thee.
believe suave doe
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
attitude numbers said
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.
church development matter
It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of history the development of doctrine has been largely a reaction on the Church's part to the attacks of heresy.