St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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01/13/23

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300m

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St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton audiobook.

Genre: biography

For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty, stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods; a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages, a world with more pageantry and romance than we have seen before or since. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens, and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon, who talked to animals, who invented the creche. I read this book as a young man and not only did it introduce me to the amazing world of Chesterton, but it was a revelation of how an entire culture could be captured in a slim volume.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:12) Chapter 02

(00:55:49) Chapter 03

(01:25:44) Chapter 04

(01:50:46) Chapter 05

(02:23:21) Chapter 06

(02:55:18) Chapter 07

(03:28:11) Chapter 08

(03:59:49) Chapter 09

(04:28:28) Chapter 10

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Heretics by G. K. Chesterton ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

January 12, 2023

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442m

Heretics by G. K. Chesterton audiobook.

Genre: religion

The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere 'rollicking journalist,' he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people--such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells--with whom he vehemently disagreed. Chesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed. He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War. His 1922 'Eugenics and Other Evils' attacked what was at that time the most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the human race could and should breed a superior version of itself. In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of his once 'reactionary' views.

Chesterton wrote several works of Christian apologetics, the best known of which are 'Orthodoxy', 'Heretics', and 'The Everlasting Man'.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:06:25) Chapter 01

(00:26:24) Chapter 02

(00:45:54) Chapter 03

(01:08:42) Chapter 04

(01:29:24) Chapter 05

(02:02:38) Chapter 06

(02:17:27) Chapter 07

(02:32:38) Chapter 08

(02:54:13) Chapter 09

(03:04:34) Chapter 10

(03:15:46) Chapter 11

(03:32:08) Chapter 12

(03:59:03) Chapter 13

(04:10:18) Chapter 14

(04:35:22) Chapter 15

(05:03:42) Chapter 16

(05:30:16) Chapter 17

(05:49:28) Chapter 18

(06:19:17) Chapter 19

(06:45:21) Chapter 20

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The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

January 13, 2023

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51m

The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. 'Sacred to the Memory of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, Hero and Martyr, who Always Vanquished his Enemies and Always Spared Them, and Was Treacherously Slain by Them At Last. May God in Whom he Trusted both Reward and Revenge him.' is the inscription that they read on each of them. Flambeau knows nothing of him but listens to the story of this man as Father Brown tells it. Was St. Claire truly a hero and martyr? What is the mystery behind his last foolish and hopeless charge against an overwhelming enemy? This detective story delves into human psychology for many of the clues to unravel the tangled threads. A fascinating story and said to be one of Chesterton's best Fr. Brown stories.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:23:11) Chapter 02

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