Orthodoxy

Name: Orthodoxy
Brand: G.K. Chesterton
SKU: CH-506
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THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE SERIES: The authors in the Christian Heritage Series paid a high price for the words you see before you. Not all paid with blood, but each spent his life fighting for the truth. This faithful sacrifice has become a rich inheritance for the Church in our day, even though it is often neglected. The Christian Heritage Series aims to put these important theological classics on every Christian’s bookshelf in colorful, well-crafted, and affordable volumes, with introductions written by those that love the books and their heritage.

AUTHOR: G.K. Chesterton

INTRODUCTION: N.D. Wilson

PAGE COUNT: 194 pages

SIZE: 5.5x8.5"

BINDING: Paperback

ISBN 10: 1952410487

ISBN-13: 9781952410482

PUB. DATE: June 30, 2020 (first published in 1908)

Binding: Paperback

Paperback Hardback

“Orthodoxy, the book in your hands, came to me after I had already come to understand and love the clarity of Reformed theology. When Chesterton arrived in my intellectual scene, it was like flipping an extra breaker in my soul that turned on the party lights, brought out the dancers, and cued the music…. Orthodoxy is Chesterton’s greatest book, and the greatest gift in this book is deep joy. This is not a trivial, superficial joy, but a profound joy in the world which we have been given, a joy powered by gratitude to the sparkling, joyous, God who gave us this uproarious existence.” ~From N.D. Wilson’s introduction, Adapted from N.D. Wilson's Grace Agenda seminar 'Chestertonian Calvinism'

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In this brilliant book, the enormously fat and jolly G.K. Chesterton gives a stirring defense of Christianity. Chesterton fought against the reductionist materialism with laughter, joy, and gratitude for the beauty of the world God has given us. We usually think of orthodoxy and the tenets of the Christian faith as dry, arbitrary, and perhaps even nonsensical. Chesterton shows that orthodoxy is beautiful and fits perfectly the strange, quirky world. For those of us who do not pay any attention to the strangeness of the world, this book is essential reading. The world may not have fairies, but it does have the sun, rivers, trees, and the sky, and they are as strange as anything we will find in a fairy tale. Read this book, then go outside and marvel.

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, ‘Do it again’ to the sun; and every evening, ‘Do it again’ to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.” ~From Chesterton’s Orthodoxy

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Canon Press put together an excellent edition!

Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy: Introduction by N.D. Wilson

Orthodoxy: Introduction by N.D. Wilson

Well, Chesterton is wonderfully, gratefully brilliant here, as always. Orthodoxy is one of the finest works of modern literature, in my opinion, and is my favorite work of Christian apologetics. Of course, no one's writing is perfectly inspired (or we'd be adding to the scriptures today) and we have over 100 years to bridge to our author now, so N. D. Wilson provides some compass direction to G. K.'s discursive, merry wanderings: both to appreciate the depth of wonder Chesterton passes on to the reader (which has profoundly affected so many of us, including Wilson) as well to assert a cautionary note (as even magnanimous GKC may fall prey to a petty response on rare occasion, here concerning Calvinism).

Orthodoxy: Introduction by N.D. Wilson

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Love the book, love the intro... Only complaint (since you asked) is that the cover is different from my other books within the christian heritage series. The graphics are fantastic, but I'm not digging the cover material as much (after one read through the spine is missing color and looks like i've read it 30 times). This might work to my advantage so that i can look like i've really dug into it, but just thought it would be good to bring it up. At any rate, its been a real blessing and I appreciate this edition of Orthodoxy and found the intro to be an extremely helpful guide in giving a broad overview of what to expect as well as warning against some potentially eyebrow raising ideas such as Chesterton's rather severe dislike of calvinism. This is my first time reading an entire work of Chesterton and i might not have come around to doing so at this time if not for my desire to support the work of Canon Press, so thank you for this thoughtful addition to the series. A personal example of the sort of benefit I've gotten from this work: I hate the lake (semi-irrational fear of water and cant swim). I don't make it weird, but dang it, I just despise large bodies of water. My in-laws came to visit, and they brought their boat. I didn't want to be a downer, so i did all i could to "embrace" the boating experience for the sake of my family. As we cruised along the lake I couldn't help but grin, just thinking about how purposeful everything felt. The sun kissing my face, the gentle spray from the boat cutting through the lake cooling me down, while the magnificent Arkansas landscape of all sorts of trees, and rocks, and critters passed by in my peripherals... All I could do was praise God for it. Every leaf on every tree, there on purpose. Every nut found by every squirrel, on purpose. And every breath of that fresh air, a gift. I hope it doesn't wear off, but Chesterton's emphasis on stepping back from the cold hard perspective of the quantification of every aspect of life being pushed upon us by today's atheistic technocrats and appreciating the subtle things for the wonderfully complex and thoughtful blessings that they really are has given me some much needed rest, not to mention an appreciated adjustment to my perspective. I'm thankful that over 100 years ago there was a man with enough wit and courage to draw his sword and swing at the godless ideologies of his day, no matter how popular, and with enough foresight to recognize where those ideologies intended to go. Good stuff.... Good stuff indeed.