Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 3780 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Dostoievski, Fiodor Dostoievski, Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, F. M. Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna) 1831 1891 Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Blavatski, H. P. Blavatski, Yelena Petrovna Блаватская, Е. П. (Елена Петровна) The Grand Inquisitor Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jake Jaqua. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Grand Inquisitor" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a philosophical narrative extracted from the larger work, "The Brothers Karamazov," written in the late 19th century. This thought-provoking piece can be classified as a religious and philosophical allegory that critiques organized religion, particularly Roman Catholicism, and explores the themes of freedom, faith, and human nature. Set during the Spanish Inquisition, it poses profound questions about morality, authority, and the essence of belief in the face of suffering. The story unfolds in a dramatic dialogue between the Grand Inquisitor, a powerful figure in the Church, and Jesus, who has returned to earth during a time of oppression and persecution. The Inquisitor condemns Jesus for the burden of freedom He offered humanity, which he believes leads to chaos and suffering. He argues that people prefer to relinquish their freedom for the sake of comfort and guidance provided by authority figures like himself. The narrative culminates in a powerful moment when Jesus responds not with words, but with a silent act of love, leaving the Inquisitor torn between his beliefs and the truth embodied in Christ. This intense exchange highlights the tension between faith and reason, individual freedom and the desire for security, making "The Grand Inquisitor" a timeless exploration of the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jesus Christ -- Fiction Christian fiction PG Text Racism Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 82038 81550 2024-10-04T08:00:45.594976 2023-10-04T07:36:02.455875 text/html text/html 77526 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 30458 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 107714 2024-10-04T08:00:50.870930 application/epub+zip 107036 2024-10-04T08:00:48.473948 application/epub+zip 95049 2024-10-04T08:00:47.326941 application/epub+zip 213496 2024-10-04T08:00:52.617920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206383 2024-10-04T08:00:50.198914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181101 2022-09-04T11:07:51.735369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75594 75560 2024-10-04T08:00:45.323988 2023-10-04T07:36:02.271905 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75457 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29721 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 75448 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29706 2020-12-26T19:45:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23566 2024-10-04T08:00:52.746911 application/rdf+xml 14032 2024-10-04T08:00:47.869931 image/jpeg 3555 2024-10-04T08:00:47.594947 image/jpeg 107815 2024-10-04T08:00:45.603964 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia