A Book Review…. GKC And Seeking After God
By JEFF MINICK Knight Of The Holy Ghost: A Short History of G.K. Chesterton, by Dale Ahlquist; Ignatius Press/Augustine Institute, 2018, 191 pages. Order at Ignatius.com. For admirers of wit and aphorism, reading Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) can be a dangerous pastime. Chesterton throws off one-liners as happily and as generously as a Santa Claus tossing peppermint candy to children during a Christmas parade. Indeed, two fat volumes — The Quotable Chesterton and More Quotable Chesterton — attest to this aphoristic talent. Every page in a Chesterton essay, many times every paragraph, tempts the reader to write down one or two of his shining sentences. Of course, the reader who yielded to that temptation would in essence become a Chestertonian…Continue Reading