In this religious-biblical oriented history, Belloc provides a full and
fair treatment of the ancient Jews and other Middle Eastern cultures and
their impact in history, and in today’s world. He affirms a special
divine design in the story of Syria and particularly of Israel, reaching
a climax in the event of the Crucifixion of Christ. His famous motto,
“Europe is the Faith, the Faith is Europe” has been interpreted as a
form of religious ethnocentrism. But he was making the point that what
we regard as the greatest cultural, political and artistic achievements
of Western civilization stem from the old creed. Without the one, the
other would not exist.
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