Saint Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

This edition offers all of G. K. Chesterton's insight, humor, and wit as he uncovers the real meaning of the life of the world's most popular saint. All Francis's life was a series of plunges and scampers, darting after the beggar, dashing naked into the woods, tossing himself into the strange ship, and hurling himself into the Sultan's tent. In appearance he must have been like a thin brown skeleton autumn leaf dancing eternally before the wind; but in truth it was he that was the wind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612614465
Publisher:	Paraclete Press
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Series:	Paraclete Heritage Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	977,290
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) is the author of 100 books, including Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man, which led young atheist C.S. Lewis to become a Christian. He is probably best known for his series about the priest-detective Father Brown and was also known as a poet and a playwright. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he primarily considered himself a journalist, writing over 4,000 newspaper essays for papers such as Illustrated London News and Daily News, as well as his own G. K.'s Weekly.

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Table of Contents

I The Problem of St. Francis 3

II The World St. Francis Found 15

III Francis the Fighter 39

IV Francis the Builder 59

V Le Jongleur de Dieu 77

VI The Little Poor Man 99

VII The Three Orders 121

VIII The Mirror of Christ 143

IX Miracles and Death 165

X The Testament of St. Francis 185