G. K. Chesterton.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer,[2] philosopher, Lay Theologian, and Literary and Art Critic. He has been referred to as the “Prince of Paradox”.[3]
Time Magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible, Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out”.[4]
Chesterton created the fictional Priest-Detective, Father Brown,[5] and wrote on Apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.[4][6]
Time Magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible, Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out”.[4]
Chesterton created the fictional Priest-Detective, Father Brown,[5] and wrote on Apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.[4][6]
Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin.[7]
“He was importantly and consistently on the side of the Angels. Behind the Johnsonian fancy-dress, so reassuring to the British public, he concealed the most serious and revolutionary designs — concealing them by exposure . . . Chesterton’s social and economic ideas . . . were fundamentally Christian and Catholic.
“He did more, I think, than any man of his time — and was able to do more than anyone else, because of his particular background, development and abilities as a public performer — to maintain the existence of the important minority in the modern World.
“He leaves behind a permanent claim upon our loyalty, to see that the work that he did in his time is continued in ours”.[8]
Zephyrinus, that quote of Chesterton (“ The first effect of not believing in God, is that you lose your common sense.”) sadly, perfectly describes our age. One might even say “…one entirely loses one’s mind,” the evidence being around us on all sides these days. -Comment by Dante P
ReplyDeleteIsn't it extraordinary that a man like Chesterton can see what is happening to our Church.
DeleteAnd, yet, those ostensibly in control of our Church, have not got a clue !!!