Powerful and Dynamic Defense of the Catholic Church by one of the UK's most brilliant writers! This profound and penetrating book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Catholic Christianity as the way to deeply satisfy his personal emotional needs, and in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure." Drawing on such figures as Fra Angelico, George Bernard Shaw, and St. Paul to make his points, Chesterton argues that submission to ecclesiastical authority is the way to achieve a good and balanced life. The whole book is written in a style that is as majestic and down-to-earth like C.S. Lewis at his best. The final chapter, called "Authority and the Adventurer," is especially persuasive. It's hard to imagine a reader who will not close the book believing in the Church. FULL and COMPLETE Edition!