The Soul of Wit

A delicious collection of the very best of wit satire and humorous quotations about the Church its clergythe people who put up with them - and vice versa. Spanning the centuries from Chaucer to the present day it is a glorious send tip of the human foibles that so often ger in the way when the Church tries to live up to its calling. Many familiar figures from literature and letters arc inducted but there arc endless surprises and novelties too making The Soul of Wit not only a book to give great pleasure but an essential resource for speakers writers and preachers too.