Written by an author that Pope Francis recommended everybody should read, Confessions of a Convert is the classic spiritual autobiography of one man’s unique journey to find Catholicism.
As the youngest son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Hugh Benson grew up as an Anglican, but through the course of his life he was drawn towards the Catholic faith.
This remarkable story is explained in beautiful detail, from his intense personal struggles to his overwhelming desire to find the truth.
Benson pays homage to those who influenced his spiritual journey, not just those of the Roman Catholic church but also those of his childhood and development in the fold of the Anglican world.
“There is little that Mgr. Benson has written that is not worth reading and rereading ... His imagination is essentially visual: he sees things; and his sight is so minute and accurate that his readers cannot fail to see what he sees.” The Ecclesiastical Review
“Monsignor Benson’s account of the processes of his conversion from the Anglicanism in which he was bred to ‘the Roman obedience’ must be ranked among the more notable examples of its type of literature.” Princeton Theological Review
Robert Hugh Benson was an English Anglican priest who converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and was ordained as a priest the year later. He was a prolific author, most famous for his dystopian novel Lord of the World. He progressed through the Catholic church to become Chamberlain to the Pope in 1911 and received the title Monsignor. Confessions of a Convert was published in 1913, he passed away in 1914.
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- PublisherIndependently published
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 152073915X
- ISBN 13 9781520739151
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages118
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