The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The Grand Inquisitor" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a story within a story contained in his 1880 novel "The Brothers Karamazov". In this philosophical tale, Christ returns to Earth during the Spanish Inquisition and is arrested. The Grand Inquisitor confronts Him, arguing that the Church has improved upon Christ's work by rejecting human freedom in favor of bread, miracles, and earthly authority. Christ remains silent throughout, responding only with a mysterious kiss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Translator Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891
Title The Grand Inquisitor
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor
Credits Produced by Jake Jaqua. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Jesus Christ -- Fiction
Subject Christian fiction
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EBook-No. 8578
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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