Famous Religious Conversions Gilbert K. Chesterton

About the famous religious convert Gilbert K. Chesterton what religion he converted from and to and why.

RENOWNED RELIGIOUS CONVERTS

GILBERT K. CHESTERTON, British, 1874-1936.

Essayist and novelist.

From: Anglicanism.

To: Roman Catholicism.

Why: Chesterton liked the idea that the Roman Catholic Church considered itself to be the one true church, and he felt that this notion could give the world refuge from its troubles. Chesterton's most popular hero was the detective Father Brown, a village Catholic priest.