Howdy Pilgrim,

Thanks for the friendly invite!

1) You question the credentials of CS Lewis, but forget the credentials of Calvin don't include much more. In fact, I'd argue that CS Lewis' credentials far outweigh Calvin's! Calvin wasn't a professor. Lewis was a professor for more than 30 years at Magdalene College, Oxford. That's because Lewis had a doctorate. Calvin merely graduated from law school at Orleans. Lewis graduated from Oxford, with what's called a "triple first", the highest honors possible for a graduate. No mention of Calvin's intellectual exploits are mentioned, as far as I can tell. Lewis studied Literature. Calvin studied law. You tell me which one makes for a better theologian. But taking that aside, surely you agree that on credentials alone, CS Lewis' are much stronger.

That the Anglican Church has been sliding into liberalism is both untrue and irrelevant. Irrelevant, because it wasn't sliding when Lewis was a member; and untrue, because it's mainly the North American arm of the church - the American and Canadian Episcopal Church - which are allowing things Lewis would despise. So to devalue his thoughts because his parent church has been backsliding is grasping as straws, really.

But you write:

"Lewis was an author and not a theologian, scholar nor even trained in matters of the Bible."

One, Lewis was a scholar - much more scholarly than Mr. Calvin. And two, unfortunately for you, Calvin wasn't trained as a theologian either. He was trained as a lawyer.

You knew that, right?

2) I think your interpretation has merit. Thank you.

Best regards,
Mike