Chesterton passionately argued the case for Catholicism even before his formal conversion. Here's a look at the man whose work continues to provoke and inspire.
To mark the 150th birthday of G.K. Chesterton, Aleteia is devoting much of today's coverage to the man who looms so large (both figuratively and physically!) in the cultural life of Catholicism in the English-speaking world and beyond. Our celebration kicks off with a tribute from Joseph Pearce, who wrote a delightful biography of the "prince of paradox."
One hundred and fifty years ago, on May 29, 1874, the great Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton was born. As a celebration of his life and legacy, let’s look at the story of his conversion to Catholicism and his influence on the Catholic Revival in the 20th century.
From the time of his publication of Orthodoxy in 1908, Chesterton was a tireless defender of the Catholic Church. In his novel The Man Who was Thursday, also published in 1908, the hero declares that “we are all Catholics now.” The hero of another of his novels, The Ball and the Cross, is a devout Catholic who argues the case for Catholicism unceasingly. It was not surprising, therefore, that most of his readers presumed that Chesterton was a Catholic. How could he not be, considering the Catholic perspective that pervaded all his work? And yet, surprisingly, Chesterton would not actually be received into the Church until 1922, 14 years after his declaration and defense of Catholic “orthodoxy.”
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