October 9, 2015 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society
Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians,
This Friday evening:
We will continue our discussion of G.K. Chesterton's early philosophical and theological work Heretics, for both October and November.
For the meeting on Friday, October 9, please read chapters V-VIII. ("Mr. H.G. Wells and the Giants" through "The Mildness of the Yellow Press")
Heretics is available to view on Martin Ward's "Chesterton's Works on the Web" webpage, and is available in downloadable formats on the Project Gutenberg website. If you prefer to listen to an audio file, this LibriVox link might be helpful. The book is also available in a Dover paper back hardcopy on the ACS website (ACS members save 20%) and it is available widely on the internet.
Here is an appetizer from Heretics :
“The whole secret of the practical success of Christendom lies in the Christian humility, however imperfectly fulfilled. For with the removal of all question of merit or payment, the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages. If we ask a sane man how much he merits, his mind shrinks instinctively and instantaneously. It is doubtful whether he merits six feet of earth. But if you ask him what he can conquer—he can conquer the stars. Thus comes the thing called Romance, a purely Christian product. A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. The mediaeval Europe which asserted humility gained Romance; the civilization which gained Romance has gained the habitable globe.” -from Heretics, Chapter V, "Mr H.G.Wells and the Giants"
Check your calendar to RSVP for our December meeting:
“The whole secret of the practical success of Christendom lies in the Christian humility, however imperfectly fulfilled. For with the removal of all question of merit or payment, the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages. If we ask a sane man how much he merits, his mind shrinks instinctively and instantaneously. It is doubtful whether he merits six feet of earth. But if you ask him what he can conquer—he can conquer the stars. Thus comes the thing called Romance, a purely Christian product. A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. The mediaeval Europe which asserted humility gained Romance; the civilization which gained Romance has gained the habitable globe.” -from Heretics, Chapter V, "Mr H.G.Wells and the Giants"
Check your calendar to RSVP for our December meeting:
Our December meeting has traditionally been an evening of special anticipating the Incarnation of Christ. We will meet at a local eating establishment to share a meal, and then return to the Community Center for a potluck of desserts and appropriate festivities. This year our December meeting will be on Friday, December 11. Please check your schedules and determine whether you will join us on that night.
I will need to be making group reservations before the end of October and need a preliminary head count. I will be sending out a group email requesting your RSVP shortly after the October meeting.
I will need to be making group reservations before the end of October and need a preliminary head count. I will be sending out a group email requesting your RSVP shortly after the October meeting.
As usual:
Our meeting will be held in the Village of Middle Lancaster, at the Lancaster Township Community Center located on Kings Alley and Community Center Drive, in Butler County PA. Kings Ally is a right turn off of Rt. 19N, approx. 4.5 miles north of Zelienople, just past the Zion Lutheran Church. (The Community Center is a former one room school house, adjacent to the ball fields at Bauder Park.) The meeting will start at 7:00pm for pot luck refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up around 9:30pm.
Please consider bringing something for the refreshment table. I am looking forward to seeing all of you...
Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com
Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com
