Speaking of Distributism, you do realize I own a signed edition of one of Belloc's small press print books? Of course it is only a poem he wrote, but still... any signed edition of Belloc or Chesterton is hard to come by.
It's astounding how prescient -- and largely ignored -- Belloc's understanding of European history is becoming. He saw the sad recrudescence of paganism in Christendom (as well as the Saracen challenge) coming in ... well, you name it: Crisis of Civilization, Europe and the Faith ...
The issue of how one should live goes far beyond surface topics debated by the pin-your-hopes-to-the-Republic-Party types. It extends to the tectonic plate level, as per, BTW, if you hadn’t noticed, IHSPress
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And you thought I was high on Distributism.
Speaking of Distributism, you do realize I own a signed edition of one of Belloc's small press print books? Of course it is only a poem he wrote, but still... any signed edition of Belloc or Chesterton is hard to come by.
Vvery cool, Henry!
It's astounding how prescient -- and largely ignored -- Belloc's understanding of European history is becoming. He saw the sad recrudescence of paganism in Christendom (as well as the Saracen challenge) coming in ... well, you name it: Crisis of Civilization, Europe and the Faith ...
The issue of how one should live goes far beyond surface topics debated by the pin-your-hopes-to-the-Republic-Party types. It extends to the tectonic plate level, as per, BTW, if you hadn’t noticed, IHSPress
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