An overview of Chesterton, the prolific Catholic writer who "said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else."
"Orthodoxy" is perhaps Chesterton's greatest work, yet he stumbled across orthodox belief almost by accident.
Chesterton's book "Heretics" takes on modernism, and the skeptic's refusal to use his brain to come to conclusions.
Chesterton addressed the main problems of his day, which are the main problems of our day. His solution is to return to the Christian ideal.
"It's one thing to conclude that Catholicism is good and another to conclude that it is right. It is one thing to conclude that it is right, and another to conclude that it is always right."
Chesterton contrasts "the Thing" (the Catholic Church) to all other things-worldly philosophies, business, nationalism, Protestantism, agnosticism, etc.
The Catholic Church is the well-everything else is the shallows.
Chesterton tells about the man who "cared chiefly for the best kind of giving which is called thanksgiving."
"To this question, 'Is there anything?' St. Thomas begins by answering 'Yes'; if he began by answering 'No', it would not be the beginning, but the end."
Chesterton writes about Christ and the things people say about him.
Chesterton's book ,"The Outline of Sanity", exposes the problems with modern economic systems.
"The obvious effect of frivolous divorce will be frivolous marriage. If people can be separated for no reason they will feel it all the easier to be united for no reason."
Chesterton explores the evils of racism, euthanasia, and abortion under the euphemism of "Eugenics".
This episode gives an overview of Chesterton's popular "Fr. Brown" detective stories, including vignettes featuring Fr. James R. Kolp as Fr. Brown.
Dale Ahlquist explains the relevance of Chesterton's writings to today's world. As Chesterton said, "A society is in decay when common sense has become uncommon."
