Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy (1908), a classic of Christian Apologetics for over one hundred years, examines the philosophical inquiries which led Chesterton to Christianity and away from the competing philosophies of his time. Originally written in response to criticism of his Heretics (1905), Orthodoxy lays out Chesterton's own thoughts on life, and explains why he believes Christianity to be the only philosophy that fully satisfies all of the human race's spiritual needs. "These essays are concerned only to discuss the actual fact that the central Christian theology (sufficiently summarized in the Apostles' Creed) is the best root of energy and sound ethics." "I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy." -G. K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy (Cavalier Classics)

G. K. Chesterton

This book is meant to be a companion to "Heretics," and to put the positive side in addition to the negative. Many critics complained of the book because it merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy. This book is an attempt to answer the challenge. It is the purpose of the writer to attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it. The book is therefore arranged upon the positive principle of a riddle and its answer. It deals first with all the writer's own solitary and sincere speculations and then with all the startling style in which they were all suddenly satisfied by the Christian Theology. The writer regards it as amounting to a convincing creed. But if it is not that it is at least a repeated and surprising coincidence. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

Orthodoxy

Brigid Hogan

I did not anticipate finishing Orthodoxy and finding in it a unity of my other recent reading. I thought I was picking up something serious and more arcane. But it pulled together many of the ideas from Merton, Martin, and Nouwen -- a view of the orthodox Christian life as participation in the Trinity, yoking ourselves to the love that unites three into one. 

Chesterton is clearly a man of his time, as are all men and all women, but his vision of wonder, mirth, and mystery is timeless. The book and ideas in it are so humane and tied to an experience of humanity that I share so I found it very connected to the emotional life of the Church in a way that reaffirmed my faith. 

The whole sections about Darwinism and the light sexism drove me a little bananas, but I'm sure 75% of what I say now will sound like that in a century. 

I definitely need to read more of Chesterton's nonfiction even if I find it challenging. (Especially because it's challenging.)

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More relevant than ever, Orthodoxy exudes Chesterton's no-nonsense style and wit, while delving into theology in an accessible way, offering readers a solid defense of the Faith.

Orthodoxy (Noll Library)

Emily Delventhal-Sali

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Orthodoxy (Cavalier Classics)

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