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ur Free Read this week is St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton. With introductions by Ralph McInerny and Joseph Pearce, this single volume from Ignatius Press presents the two biographies that many critics consider to be Chesterton’s best, and the best short portraits ever written of these two great saints.
St. Francis of Assisi is a profoundly Catholic work, explaining and illuminating the life of St. Francis in a way no other biography has. The spiritual kinship the author felt with his subject enables the reader to delve into insights on the character of Francis that have eluded many.
St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author’s unique ability to see the world through the saint’s eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous of reading Aquinas’ own monumental work.
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