Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton

We would first like to state the reason for this study. An eminent Thomistic philosopher, Etienne Gilson, thought Chesterton's Orthodoxy «the best piece of apologetic the century had produced » '. If someone had said the same of an eighthcentury apologist eleven hundred years ago, it would...

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Fecha de publicación:1988
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
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Valores modernos
G.K.Chesterton
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spelling Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.ChestertonBabendreier, J.F. (Joseph F.)|||/items/73ac22d9-1a75-4849-a639-43b3659c5cf0Materias Investigacion::Teología y Ciencias religiosas::Teología moral y espiritualValores modernosG.K.ChestertonWe would first like to state the reason for this study. An eminent Thomistic philosopher, Etienne Gilson, thought Chesterton's Orthodoxy «the best piece of apologetic the century had produced » '. If someone had said the same of an eighthcentury apologist eleven hundred years ago, it would not have been the same; Gilson's judgement becomes all the more interesting when we remember that Chesterton's century has been the century of the great apologetic studies, second in importance only to the epoch of the Fathers of the Church and their apologetic endeavours. Moreover, it is not just Orthodoxy that has captured our attention. Rev. Ronald Knox —himself a renowned Catholic apologist— said of Chesterton «that, if every other line he wrote should disappear from circulation, Catholic posterity would still owe him an imperishable debt of gratitude, so long as a copy of The Everlasting Man enriched its libraries» 2 . And although the honor constitutes no guarantee by the Magisterium of the Chruch on the doctrinal content of Chesterton's works in general, Pope Pius XI confered the title «Defender of the Catholic Faith» on the British apologist shortly after his death in June of 1936.Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de NavarraDadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20102010-08-2719881988-01-0119881988-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/11461reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/114612026-06-21T12:47:57Z
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title Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton
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Babendreier, J.F. (Joseph F.)|||/items/73ac22d9-1a75-4849-a639-43b3659c5cf0
Materias Investigacion::Teología y Ciencias religiosas::Teología moral y espiritual
Valores modernos
G.K.Chesterton
title_short Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton
title_full Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton
title_fullStr Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton
title_full_unstemmed Modern values in the apologetics of G.K.Chesterton
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Valores modernos
G.K.Chesterton
topic Materias Investigacion::Teología y Ciencias religiosas::Teología moral y espiritual
Valores modernos
G.K.Chesterton
description We would first like to state the reason for this study. An eminent Thomistic philosopher, Etienne Gilson, thought Chesterton's Orthodoxy «the best piece of apologetic the century had produced » '. If someone had said the same of an eighthcentury apologist eleven hundred years ago, it would not have been the same; Gilson's judgement becomes all the more interesting when we remember that Chesterton's century has been the century of the great apologetic studies, second in importance only to the epoch of the Fathers of the Church and their apologetic endeavours. Moreover, it is not just Orthodoxy that has captured our attention. Rev. Ronald Knox —himself a renowned Catholic apologist— said of Chesterton «that, if every other line he wrote should disappear from circulation, Catholic posterity would still owe him an imperishable debt of gratitude, so long as a copy of The Everlasting Man enriched its libraries» 2 . And although the honor constitutes no guarantee by the Magisterium of the Chruch on the doctrinal content of Chesterton's works in general, Pope Pius XI confered the title «Defender of the Catholic Faith» on the British apologist shortly after his death in June of 1936.
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