Category Archives: G.K. Chesterton

On Christians and the humble “I don’t know” of the Atheist

SJST An interesting phenomenon in the current debate between atheists and Christians is the atheist’s attempt to usurp the intellectual high ground by declaring that the philosophical position of “I don’t know” (albeit usually completely ignoring the Thomist philosophical proofs … Continue reading

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GK Chesterton: The Dark Ages, Sex, Pagans, and St. Francis

“The end of the Dark Ages was not merely the end of a sleep. It was certainly not merely the end of superstitious enslavement. It was the end of something belonging to a quite definite but quite different order of … Continue reading

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G.K. Chesterton and the Crusades

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G.K. Chesterton – the Madman and Reason

“The madman’s explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense, satisfactory. Or, to speak more strictly, the insane explanation, if not conclusive, is at least unanswerable; this may be observed especially in the two … Continue reading

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G.K. Chesterton – The Lamp-post

“Suppose that a great commotion arises in the street about something, let us say a lamp-post, which many influential persons desire to tear down. A grey-clad monk, who is the spirit of the Middle Ages, is approached upon the matter, … Continue reading

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GK Chesterton on Joan of Arc

SJST G.K. Chesterton: “Joan of Arc was not stuck at the cross-roads, either by rejecting all the paths like Tolstoy, or by accepting them all like Nietzsche. She chose a path, and went down it like a thunderbolt. Yet Joan, … Continue reading

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