Orthodoxy

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Orthodoxy, by G. K. ChestertonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: OrthodoxyAuthor: G. K. ChestertonRelease Date: May, 1994 [eBook #130] [Most recently updated: September 26, 2005]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ORTHODOXY***This etext was proofread by Martin Ward and compared against a separate copy scanned by Mike Perry.ORTHODOXYbyGILBERT K. CHESTERTONPREFACEThis book is meant to be a companion to "Heretics," and to put the positive side in addition to the negative. Many criticscomplained of the book called "Heretics" because it merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternativephilosophy. This book is an attempt to answer the challenge. It is unavoidably affirmative and therefore unavoidablyautobiographical. The writer has been driven back upon somewhat the same difficulty as that which beset Newman inwriting his Apologia; he has been forced to be egotistical only in order to be sincere. While everything else may bedifferent the motive in both cases is the same. It is the purpose of the writer to attempt an explanation, not of whether theChristian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it. ...