그레엄 그린의 <권능과 영광>: 신의 형상에 대한 사랑

Abstract

Greene elevates faith above belief because faith is associated with the inexplicable and belief is founded on reason. Most of his protagonists who accepted theological arguments as probable come to lose belief and have faith in God through their experience outside the pale of the Church. Whisky priest in The Power and the Glory rejects rational belief to accept simple, heart-felt faith. For him, God's existence is not a question of belief in Catholic teachings; he simply touches God. He learns the mystery of suffering, sin, and of what we are made in God's images by his experience while he has been persecuted by the Communists without contact with educated men. We find Christ's image in whisky priest. His illegitimate daughter gives an unfavorable impression upon him: however, his sense of responsibility, humility, love for sinners, and martyrdom make us feel he gradually reaches sainthood. His criticism against the law-abiding pious women reminds us of Christ's censure against the Pharisees for their hypocrisy, pride, and lack of human understanding. His perception of mystery that all human beings are made in God's image leads him to love sinners and die for them. Just as Christ reproached the law-abiding Pharisees, proclaimed a new commandment of love, and carried what he taught into practice on the Cross, whisky priest points out the problems of the pious who adhere to the dogma and laws of the Church, protects love at his peril and dies for the sinners.