{"id":3756,"date":"2022-08-21T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2022-08-21T15:43:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T19:43:22","slug":"knights-and-chesterton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/knights-and-chesterton\/","title":{"rendered":"the Knights and Chesterton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/knights-and-chesterton\/attachment\/gk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?fit=701%2C643&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"701,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;neo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1660600891&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GK\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?fit=625%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?resize=625%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3757\" width=\"625\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?w=701&amp;ssl=1 701w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GK.jpg?resize=624%2C572&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On Jan. 10, 1921, G.K. 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