What is H.C.F. in intro of Mere Christianity?
mhorvath
In the middle of the introduction to Mere Christianity, Lewis mentions
something called an H.C.F. I have never been able to decipher those initials.
Perhaps there is someone who could explain what those letters represent?
Thank you,
Mark Horvath
The context is:
"So far as I can judge from reviews and the numerous letters written to
me, the book, however faulty in other respects, did at least succeed in
presenting an agreed, or common, or central, or "mere" Christianity. In that
way it may possibly be of some help in silencing the view that, if we admit
the disputed points, we shall have left only a vague and bloodless H.C.F. The
H.C.F. turns out to be something not only positive but pungent;...
Chris Grant
In article <4rdjv5$b...@shore.shore.net>, mhor...@shore.net (mhorvath) writes:
|> In the middle of the introduction to Mere Christianity, Lewis mentions
|> something called an H.C.F. I have never been able to decipher those initials.
|> Perhaps there is someone who could explain what those letters represent?
Highest Common Factor. (The highest (or greatest) common factor
of two numbers is the largest number that is an exact divisor of both
of them.)
Chris Grant
gr...@math.byu.edu
Douglas Gresham.
mhor...@shore.net (mhorvath) wrote:
>In the middle of the introduction to Mere Christianity, Lewis mentions
>something called an H.C.F. I have never been able to decipher those initials.
>Perhaps there is someone who could explain what those letters represent?
>
Highest Common Factor (as opposed to Lowest Common Denominator).
Cheers,
Doug.
Glenn P.,
On 03-Jul-1996, mhorvath wrote:
> In the middle of the introduction to Mere Christianity, Lewis mentions
> something called an H.C.F. I have never been able to decipher those initials.
> Perhaps there is someone who could explain what those letters represent?
Do you know, I asked this exact same question? I posted my query in the
UKFORUM on CompuServe; the concensus was that it stood for "Highest Common
Factor"; that is, that portion of Christian beliefs that are basically
common to every Christian (i.e., "mere" Christianity).
--_____
{~._.~} "There are a hundred ways in which a boy can injure -- if not
_( Y )_ not indeed kill -- himself. The more advennturous he is and the
(:_~*~_:) greater his initiative, the more ways he will find. If you protect
(_)-(_) him from each of the hundred, he is sure to find the hundred-and-
========= first. Though most men can look back on their boyhood and tremble
========= at the narrowness of some of their escapes, most boys do in fact
W.T.P. survive, more or less intact, and the wise father is the trusting
========= father."
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:: --= Glenn P. =-- :: --"The Enchanted Places", Chapter 21,
:: c128...@GTI.Net :: By: Christopher Robin Milne.
