Posted: November 7th, 2007, 6:42 pmDan is right that it's not an exclusively Catholic sentiment, but I would agree that it is harder to see - in American Orthodox churches, people see the ethnic label and assume that the churches are theologically different and that the parishes are homogenous. This is not the case, but appears so on the surface of a phone book.
You just need to distinguish between teachings of acceptance of all (which I think all churches share) and the shopping for a church that suits you (which is a big hint that it's not the right direction) rather than accepting the one in your neighborhood.
Bust on me for being OT, but I suspect the fact that Chesterton became Catholic later in life is an automatic discouraging factor in not reading him - which IS a great pity.
I cheerfully invite discussions of this incredible man (whose writing are not ALL about Catholicism and actually constitute a minority of his work) on this thread: