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Confessions of a Convert: The Classic Spiritual Autobiography from the Author of Lord of the World is unavailable, but you can change that!

Mentioned by Pope Francis as a writer whom everyone should read, Robert Hugh Benson, author of Lord of the World, shares his spiritual journey from being an Anglican and son of the archbishop of Canterbury to becoming a Roman Catholic priest. Through his humble, honest, and memorable story, Benson invites us—in this republished classic—to think about what it means to wrestle with the deep...

where there is no teaching body to distinguish truth from error. One can feel his frustration when a high-ranking Anglican official indicates to him that religion is “a matter more or less of individual choice and tastes.” In the official’s opinion, Benson writes, “Christ had not revealed positive truths to which, so soon as we accepted Christ as a Divine Teacher, we instantly submitted without hesitation.” Jesus says, “If these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?” (Lk
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