{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why Fulton Sheen Called G.K. Chesterton His Greatest Influence","description":"A seminarian once wrote Fulton Sheen asking to write a master's thesis on his work, and Sheen wrote back telling him to write on G.K. Chesterton instead. Ahead of Sheen's beatification, Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski trace what the American broadcaster took from the English journalist\u2014down to two passages read aloud here that turn out to be Chesterton with an American accent. In This Episode:  The 1925 request that started it: Sheen asked G.K. Chesterton to write the introduction to his first book, received &quot;I know nothing about philosophy&quot; in reply, and got the introduction anyway What Sheen wrote in his autobiography about where his style came from: Chesterton above all, with C.S. Lewis arriving later A priest's letter, published years afterward, recalling that Sheen told him to drop the thesis on Sheen and write on Chesterton Two passages read in full\u2014one on why a child says &quot;do it again,&quot; one on a drop of gutter water lifted into snow\u2014and what in them comes straight out of the ethics of Elfland Sheen's distributism: the American extension of a critique he took from Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, collected in a volume of his 1930s writing on communism  Resources Mentioned:   God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy by Fulton J. Sheen, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton Treasure in Clay: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen Chesterton's Marriage Proposal Justice &amp;amp; Charity by Fulton J. Sheen St. Austin Review  FOLLOW US:  Instagram Facebook X  SUPPORT:  Donate Shop  Chapters:  00:00: A Chesterton podcast for the week of Fulton Sheen's beatification 01:09: How each host came to Sheen 04:14: Illinois, 1895: a quick bio of Fulton Sheen 09:20: An hour of preparation for every ten minutes of speaking 12:30: &quot;I know nothing about philosophy&quot;: the 1925 meeting in London 15:25: What is actually known about Sheen at Chesterton's funeral 17:01: Treasure in Clay names Chesterton the greatest influence 21:37: Justice &amp;amp; Charity and Sheen's American distributism 24:40: A priest's letter: &quot;Chesterton's the man&quot; 28:39: &quot;Do it again&quot;: Sheen on the eternal appetite of infancy 33:07: A drop of gutter water and the one thing saved for heaven 36:28: Musical lineage and the communion of saints  Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios ","author_name":"Uncommon Sense","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/23918\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42987423\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206522093"}