"The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar."
"Fairy tales are more than true – not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
"Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out."

Joe and Lee look at some quotations commonly attributed to G. K. Chesterton and answer the question: did Chesterton really say that? They also rank the quotations investigated on a tier chart of plausibility. This is a fun one - don't miss it! #chesterton #fakequotes

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IN THIS EPISODE:

00:30 - Topic Intro
03:25 - Introducing our Ranking Chart
04:33 - "Just going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car."
07:45 - "If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God."
10:33 - "When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything."
15:42 - "The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar."
19:45 - "In Catholicism, the Pint, the Pipe and the Cross can all fit together."
23:20 - "A man knocking on the door of a brothel is knocking for God."
27:43 - "When it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."
29:55 - "I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."
32:37 - "A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition."
36:34 - "Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions."
39:47 - (Lee is sad.) "Fairy tales are more than true – not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
44:16 - "Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out."
48:50 - The Complete Chart and Summing Up

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Joe and Lee chat about sundry summery things: the Chesterton conference, summer reading, and what's coming up in the Fall.

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01:59 - Conference Recap - Overall Impressions
07:05 - Reconnecting with New and Old Friends
08:20 - New Orleans Fondly Remembered
10:36 - Marc Barnes on Jazz
18:03 - ACS Books Evangeline
22:04 - Father Brown Card Game Preview
25:26 - Joe and Lee's Summer Reading
42:03 - Society Check-in - Chesterton Schools Network
47:09 - The Knights of the Apostolate
52:21 - Wrapping Up

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Dale Ahlquist explores the Chestertonian way of the Church Militant, marching hopefully to our heavenly reward.

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Joe and Lee continue last week's conversation on the new revolution in technology and economics, so-called "Artificial Intelligence," and decide that we do, in fact, probably need a new Rerum novarum.

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We're down in the Big Easy for the 44th Annual Chesterton Conference!

While that means there's no new episode this week, it doesn't mean you need to go a full week without Chesterton in your life! Go to chesterton.org/conference today and sign up for a virtual registration for the conference. Watch all the talks live, participate in the Q&A, and meet friends old and new in the forum!

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Joe and Lee look at the new revolution in technology and economics, so-called "Artificial Intelligence," and consider the question: "Do we need a new Rerum novarum?"

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Episode artwork credit: "Ameca humanoid - robot generation 1", Willy Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.

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Joe and Lee do a quick review and recap of the fundamental themes and principles of Catholic Social Teaching, as a bridge between their in-depth study of the work of Pope Leo XIII and future discussion about what the new Pope Leo might have to say on these topics...

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Read the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church here: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html

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Joe and Lee finish up their close reading of Rerum Novarum! Read along, and send us your questions. And stay tuned! We may be done with the encyclical, but we're far from done with the subject!

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