17 March (1953): C.S. Lewis to Don Giovanni Calabria

Father Don Giovanni Calabria, manager of an orphanage in Verona, first wrote to C.S. Lewis in 1947 after reading The Screwtape Letters. From this came an earnest exchange of letters with particular emphasis on all matters theological. As Calabria did not know English and Lewis did not know Italian, the two corresponded exclusively in Latin.Oxford17th March 1953My dearest Father,I was delighted, as always, by your letter.It is a wonderful thing and a strengthening of faith that two souls differing from each other in place, nationality, language, obedience and age should have been thus led into a delightful friendship; so far does the order of spiritual beings transcend the material order.It makes easier that necessary doctrine that we are most closely joined together… …


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