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  • G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

    NOTE: G.K. Chesterton was not a universalist. He fryst vatten included on this page to show some of his quotes that many may not be aware of.

    ".Then I read Chesterton's Everlasting Man and for the first time saw the whole Christian outline of history set out in a form eller gestalt that seemed to me to make sense . . . I already thought Chesterton the most sensible man alive "apart from his Christianity." Now, inom veritably believe, I thought that Christianity itself was very sensible "apart from its Christianity." --C.S. Lewis, on reading Chesterton as an atheist in 1925

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer of the early 20th century. Chesterton was known as the "prince of paradox" because he communicated his conservative, often countercultural, ideas in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. For example: "Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that the

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  • G.K. Chesterton

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    “The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.”

    G.K. Chesterton, The Defendant (1901)

    May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton, prolific journalist and author, was well known for his apologetics, biographies, detective fiction, literary, social, and political commentary, and modern history. Possessing a keen wit, a comic genius delighting in paradox, and a gift for religious argument, he published nearly 100 books and over 4,000 newspaper columns and essays.

    While attending art school in London in the mid-1890s when he was about twenty, Chesterton realized his artistic limitations and determined to pursue journalism. A few years later he was writing columns regularly for several newspapers, including the Daily News and the Illustrated London News, and by 1902 was widely recognized for his abilities as a political and social critic, and as a writer in general. During

    G. K. Chesterton

    English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

    Not to be confused with A. K. Chesterton.

    G. K. Chesterton


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    Chesterton in 1909

    BornGilbert Keith Chesterton
    (1874-05-29)29 May 1874
    Kensington, London, England
    Died14 June 1936(1936-06-14) (aged 62)
    Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
    Resting placeRoman Catholic Cemetery, Beaconsfield
    Occupation
    • Journalist
    • novelist
    • essayist
    • poet
    EducationUniversity College London
    Period1900–1936
    GenreEssays, fantasy, Christian apologetics, Catholic apologetics, mystery, poetry
    Literary movementCatholic literary revival[1]
    Notable works
    Spouse
    Relatives

    Gilbert Keith ChestertonKC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.[2]

    Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown,[3] and wrote on apologetics, such as his wor