Анна Кареніна

Chapter 9

           Butthen,whenheturnedfromlifeitselftoglanceatitagain,itfellawaytoo,andprovedtobethesamemuslingarmentwithnowarmthinit.

           HisbrotherSergeyIvanovitchadvisedhimtoreadthetheologicalworksofHomiakov.LevinreadthesecondvolumeofHomiakov’sworks,andinspiteoftheelegant,epigrammatic,argumentativestylewhichatfirstrepelledhim,hewasimpressedbythedoctrineofthechurchhefoundinthem.Hewasstruckatfirstbytheideathattheapprehensionofdivinetruthshadnotbeenvouchsafedtoman,buttoacorporationofmenboundtogetherbylovetothechurch.Whatdelightedhimwasthethoughthowmucheasieritwastobelieveinastillexistinglivingchurch,embracingallthebeliefsofmen,andhavingGodatitshead,andthereforeholyandinfallible,andfromittoacceptthefaithinGod,inthecreation,thefall,theredemption,thantobeginwithGod,amysterious,far-awayGod,thecreation,etc.Butafterwards,onreadingaCatholicwriter’shistoryofthechurch,andthenaGreekorthodoxwriter’shistoryofthechurch,andseeingthatthetwochurches,intheirveryconceptioninfallible,eachdenytheauthorityoftheother,Homiakov’sdoctrineofthechurchlostallitscharmforhim,andthisedificecrumbledintodustlikethephilosophers’edifices.

           Allthatspringhewasnothimself,andwentthroughfearfulmomentsofhorror.

           “WithoutknowingwhatIamandwhyIamhere,life’simpossible;andthatIcan’tknow,andsoIcan’tlive,”Levinsaidtohimself

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