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The Power and the Glory and The Heart of the Matter are Greene’s two major religious novels. As the novel of The Power and the Glory begins, the protagonist, Whisky Priest has been pursued by the lieutenant of the Communist Government who oppresses the Church. While being pursued, he is not able to perform his ministry at all. On the contrary, he has even a bastard as the evidence of his moral corruption. In time he realizes true human love and God’s Grace through his own bastard daughter. In the end, he sacrifices his own life for the sake of others. Similarly Scobie, the deputy-commissioner and protagonist of The Heart of the Matter, is called “Just Scobie” by others. He faces many other people’s sufferings and cannot endure their miserable unhappiness because of his pity on others. Eventually he forsakes his life for other miserable people. Greene shows us that sacrificial love is much more valuable than political ideology and religious doctrine in our lives.