You're listening to the SSPX podcast and welcome to the next installment of our mini-series on G.K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man.

We recently sat down with Father David Sherry, the Superior of the District of Canada for the Society of St. Pius X.

The main focus of this mini-series has been the chapter of the Everlasting Man called the Five Deaths of the Faith.

Today we'll dive a little deeper into that meaning, and also look at what Father Sherry calls

the sixth death of the faith. He proposes that would Chesterton be writing this book today,

he would have included the modernist revolution in the mid-20th century as the sixth death of the

faith. We'll discuss this and what it means and what we can do about it. We're happy to welcome

Father David Sherry. Father Sherry, thank you for joining us. We've been speaking with you quite a bit

recently and it's great to have you back to speak about this small mini-series. I guess you could call it about G.K. Chesterton.

So, Father, how are things going?

Very well. Very well. Thank you very much for having me all again, Andrew. And I'm always happy

to talk about G.K. Chesterton, as he's one of my favorite authors.

Yeah, absolutely. You've referenced him a few times. So it's nice to be able to do a whole episode on him.

We have been looking specifically at G.K. Chesterton and The Everlasting Man.

Why does this have relevance for us today, Father?

So, in 1925, Gilbert Keith Chesterton wrote a book called The Everlasting Man, and he said in the book

that he was going to propound the thesis, and I quote, that those who say that Christ stands

side by side with similar myths, and his religion side by side with similar myths and his religion side by side with similar

religions are only repeating a very stale formula contradicted by a very striking fact.

He wrote it in response to H.G. Wells, who had written sort of a short or, let's say, concise history of the world, the outline

of history.

And Chesterton, as always, was very complimentary to Wells about the way in which he wrote

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