Heretics and Orthodoxy

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

G. K. Chesterton’s Heretics was first published in 1905, with Orthodoxy following in 1908.  Chesterton viewed them as companions to one another, as Orthodoxy was written as a response to criticism he had received for Heretics.  For while Heretics presents the negative view of Chesterton’s beliefs, Orthodoxy presents the positive; in a sense, Heretics contains the anathemas while Orthodoxy contains the canons.  Orthodoxy is therefore an apology, or defense, of the apostolic Christian faith as told through Chesterton’s own journey to the faith.  Chesterton wrote both while he was an Anglican, but he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922.  

This edition contains both Heretics and Orthodoxy while preserving Chesterton’s original text (and British spelling conventions). 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947707023
Publisher:	St. Polycarp Publishing House
Publication date:	08/18/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

G.K. Chesterton was born in 1874 in the district of Kensington - London, England. After studying art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London, the young writer embarked on what was to become a daring and unique literary career. Although his greatest desire was to be known as a journalist, Chesterton would also author volumes of poetry, together with piercing criticisms of contemporary society and its views. His fiction works would sell well, with titles such as "The Man Who Was Thursday", a thriller combining espionage and metaphysics, and "The Everlasting Man", which chronicles mankind's spiritual journey. Following his authorship of many essays surrounding Christianity and Catholicism, Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922. The author is also popularly known for his Father Brown books - a priest and detective, this popular character first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown". Chesterton died of heart failure at home in 1936, and was posthumously lauded and venerated by figures both literary and religious. In the 21st century, he has been considered a possible figure for canonization for his ample writings on Christianity.

Table of Contents

Contents v

Publisher’s Note i

Introduction ii

Heretics 1

1 Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy 2

2 On the negative spirit 10

3 On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small 18

4 Mr. Bernard Shaw 27

5 Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants 35

6 Christmas and the Aesthetes 48

7 Omar and the Sacred Vine 54

8 The Mildness of the Yellow Press 60

9 The Moods of Mr. George Moore 69

10 On Sandals and Simplicity 73

11 Science and the Savages 77

12 Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson 84

13 Celts and Celtophiles 94

14 On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family 99

15 On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set 109

16 On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity 120

17 On the Wit of Whistler 131

18 The Fallacy of the Young Nation 139

19 Slum Novelists and the Slums 151

20 Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy 161

Orthodoxy 173

Preface 174

1 Introduction in Defence of Everything Else 175

2 The Maniac 180

3 The Suicide Of Thought 197

4 The Ethics Of Elfland 213

5 The Flag Of The World 234

6 The Paradoxes Of Christianity 250

7 The Eternal Revolution 272

8 The Romance Of Orthodoxy 295

9 Authority And The Adventurer 313