Arena Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

“ONCE remove the old arena of theological quarrels, and you will throw open the whole world to the most horrible, the most hopeless, the most endless, the most truly interminable quarrels; the untheological quarrels.” quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton — Download Open image

“ONCE remove the old arena of theological quarrels, and you will throw open the whole world to the most horrible, the most hopeless, the most endless, the most truly interminable quarrels; the untheological quarrels.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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