catholicguy Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 "The fundamentalists are funny enough, and the funniest thing about them is their name. For, whatever else the fundamentalist is, he is not fundamental. He is content with the bare letter of Scripture--the translation of a translation, coming down to him by the tradition of a tradition--without venturing to ask for its original authority." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I love G. K. Chesterton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I love Chesterton too hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I love him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oik Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Chesterton is great, ut I only know him through quotes, Bud MacFarlane books, Gilbert!, and EWTN. I am trying to read up more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeffCR07 Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 If you're interested in him, I would start by reading his book [u]Orthodoxy[/u] then move onto [u]The Everlasting Man[/u], which is considered his greatest work. If you still havnt had enough of him after those, he wrote a biography on St. Francis of Assisi as well as St. Thomas Aquinas. He is a wonderful writer, deep but fun to read at the same time! - Your Brother In Christ, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I think you can get Orthodoxy for free online somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oik Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I'll check those out, thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quietfire Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Ya gotta love Chesterton! I have a backlog of like 20 books that I want to read, theyre in boxes in my office waiting for me to read them. 2 of em are Chesterton. I am reading St. Thomas now, I think I have the Everlasting Man, not sure. He writes so well, as somewhat in a comical sense too. He likes to compare St. Thomas to St. Francis. (the ox and the thin man)(I use the ox and the toothpick!) Read Chesterton. You wont be disappointed. Peace :peace: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pio Nono Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 JMJ 7/18 - Sixteenth Sunday One of my favorites of his is [i]Eugenics and Other Evils[/i] - of famous authors in his day, Chesterton was the sole voice to speak out decisively against eugenics, birth control, abortion, &c. He defeated the eugenicists in England single-handedly. If you want a good exposition of Catholic economic thought, Chesterton wrote a story called [i]The Return of Don Quixote[/i]. So cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justified Saint Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Aside from Shakespeare, the most quoted man in English. That is enough reason right there to read his stuff. Just finished [i]The Man Who Was Thursday[/i] a little while back. Awesome but strange book. I am reading [i]Orthodoxy[/i] now in a bookclub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 [quote name='Justified Saint' date='Jul 19 2004, 02:14 PM'] Aside from Shakespeare, the most quoted man in English. That is enough reason right there to read his stuff. Just finished [i]The Man Who Was Thursday[/i] a little while back. Awesome but strange book. I am reading [i]Orthodoxy[/i] now in a bookclub. [/quote] [i]The Man Who Was Thursday[/i] is an excellent book! I loved it. Orthodoxy is awesome, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 [quote name='Pio Nono' date='Jul 18 2004, 09:39 AM'] JMJ 7/18 - Sixteenth Sunday One of my favorites of his is [i]Eugenics and Other Evils[/i] - of famous authors in his day, Chesterton was the sole voice to speak out decisively against eugenics, birth control, abortion, &c. He defeated the eugenicists in England single-handedly. If you want a good exposition of Catholic economic thought, Chesterton wrote a story called [i]The Return of Don Quixote[/i]. So cool... [/quote] Actually, and this is telling to the gravity, destructiveness and evil of these things, this is one of the only subjects which both he and George Bernard Shaw felt the same way about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Post Script: The Chestertonian Paradox is one of the best literary devices on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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