a greater degree of discernment when experiencing such repulsion, because in rejecting caricatures of orthodoxy, many have come to undervalue and overlook the very nature and function of doctrine itself. Chesterton makes an apt observation when he quips, “People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe.” More insightful still is his retort to this tired and ultimately unfounded sentiment: “There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as