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This 3 page paper discusses the meaning of the kiss in “The Grand Inquisitor,” a “digression” within the novel “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoyevsky. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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own. It stands out as a separate episode, and one that deals with a difficult and unusual theme: the idea that its the Church, not Christ, that will save mankind.
This paper answers the question, "At the end of the narrative ,the prisoner would kiss the earth. What is the meaning of the kiss in relation to freedom, authority, community
and peace?" Discussion The prisoner in this case is Jesus, who is alive once again, but during the time of the Spanish Inquisition rather than 2, 000 years ago. He
appears in Seville at the height of the Inquisition, and the people recognize him immediately. He performs miracles, but also runs afoul of the Cardinal, who imprisons him. In a
long monologue (Christ never speaks), the Cardinal argues that people would rather have someone tell them what to do than to exercise their own rights and freedoms. He argues that
Christ promised men bread in Heaven, but they would rather have it on Earth; and that men will eventually stop believing in Christ and look to "us" (meaning the Roman
Catholic Church) to care for them. The Cardinal says they will care for them; that the Church will make the sacrifices that Christ promised he would make but did not.
The Cardinal also argues that if Christ should have given in when Satan tempted him, and thrown himself from the temple or come down from the Cross, so that
men could see a miracle, because they want to believe in them. Without true miracles, men turn to fakers and charlatans, and thus, the Cardinal says, the collapse of Christs
church is his own fault. In short, the Cardinal takes Christ to task for not performing the things he promised, and leaving mankind without hope for centuries, so that the
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