Monday, June 23, 2008

His epilogue, an epigraph-worthy epigram.

Yesterday, I came across the obituary of a scholar of early Christianity, Henry Chadwick. The Times article featured a resonant quotation. If your life could only be summed up in one line, here's hoping it's as good as this:

“Nothing is sadder than someone who has lost his memory, and the church which has lost its memory is in the same state of senility.”

2 comments:

Daniel Nadal said...

(You did it again! But, this time I was onto you, and skimmed through.)

What would your line be?

Kaitlin said...

I hope I haven't written it yet! Nineteen would be a little early to peak, I think.