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Books: The outsized man John Gross on a biography of G. K. Chesterton which is stronger on his faith than his art
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Wisdom and Innocence: A
Life of G. K. Chesterton
by Joseph Pearce
Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 25
WHEN G. K. CHESTERTON died in 1936 a requiem mass was celebrated
at Westminster Cathedral. During the course of it, a telegram from
the Pope was read out, lamenting the death of a "gifted Defender of
the Catholic Faith". The press refused to print the text of his
message, however, on the grounds that he had bestowed on a British
subject a title, "Defender of the Faith", which belonged to the
King. It was another world.
Chesterton was famous for many things in his own time - for
inspired fantasies ...
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Venerable Papal Tradition: The Very Smoke-Filled Room
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...were dark ages indeed. Stephen VII, elected during perhaps the darkest...make a quick decision. Blessed Gregory X was eventually elected, and subsequently...princes and all the faithful?" Saint Gregory VII declared late in the 11th century...
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Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085.
Magazine article from: Church History
; ...all in the overall characterization of Gregory himself. Cowdrey's Gregory VII is a kinder and gentler Gregory than most might expect. This, in itself...commitment to iustitia, his devotion to Saint Peter, and his concern for true penance...
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The Making of the Magdalen.
Magazine article from: Commonweal
; ...In the year 591, Pope Gregory the Great preached a...of Mark. So great was Gregory's authority that the...which began under Pope Gregory VII and Saint Peter Damian and culminated...which the cult of the saints underwent an understandable...
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Saints and Sinners: a History of the Popes.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; ...brief return to Rome, Gregory was again forced to flee...opinion of many scholars, Gregory VII was the most powerful...generally well-known Gregory/Henry episode is recounted by Eamonn Duffy in Saints and Sinners and by Richard...
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`The church is always right'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; In 1075, Pope Gregory VII, then in the second of...other reasons, they made Gregory a saint. His latest successor...authoritarianism, a resurgence of Gregory's triumphalism that Rome...astounding statement of Gregory VII in 1075 can be dismissed...
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An interview on the state of the church ... in 999.(imaginary interview with priest in the year 999 on millennium)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; ...Rome until 1073, by Gregory VII. The title "Vicar of...one who names all the saints. The late Pope John XV canonized a saint just six years ago...pope until 1234, by Gregory IX. Before that, saints were generally "proclaimed...
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Portraits at Hindu temple honor saints.
Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; ...Thomas Cranmer, Pope Gregory VII, Roger Williams, Joseph...meditation hall with Indian saints, they faced significant...few non-negotiable saints whose images had to be...sponsorship bought the saint of the donor's choice...The teachings of the saints are all one," Gaitonde...
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Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes.(Review)
Newspaper article from: National Forum
; ...undertaking, indeed. From Saint Peter to Pope John Paul II...and La Cinquieme (France). Saints & Sinners is divided...important popes of all time, Gregory the Great (d. 604), who...popes of this long period are Gregory VII, who effected great reforms...
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Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes.
Magazine article from: Commonweal
; ...blessing Urbi et Orbi from the balcony in Saint Peter's Square. The loss of the papal...the papacy faced an uncertain future. Saints and Sinners (an unhappy title that I...monks) of the Middle Ages, for example, Gregory VII (1037-85), and ends in the decline...
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THE CHAIR OF SAINT PETER: A HISTORY OF THE PAPACY.(Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies
; THE CHAIR OF SAINT PETER: A HISTORY OF THE PAPACY. By William J. La Due. Maryknoll...personalities, involved in the extension of papal power by Leo I, Gregory I, Gregory VII, and Innocent III is especially clear and instructive. Both ecclesial...
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