▁more ▁pray ed ▁every ▁day . ▁Lar ge ▁major ities ▁used ▁formal ▁church ▁services ▁to ▁mark ▁birth , ▁marriage ▁and ▁death . ▁ ▁The ▁great ▁majority ▁believed ▁in ▁God ▁and ▁heaven , ▁although ▁belief ▁in ▁hell ▁fell ▁off ▁after ▁all ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁War . ▁ ▁After ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁services ▁stopped ▁pract ically ▁all ▁discussion ▁of ▁hell . ▁ ▁As ▁anti - C atholic ism ▁decl ined ▁sharp ly ▁after ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁the ▁C athol ics ▁church ▁grew ▁in ▁numbers , ▁grew ▁rapidly ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁pri ests ▁and ▁sister s , ▁and ▁expanded ▁their ▁par ishes ▁from ▁inter city ▁industrial ▁areas ▁to ▁more ▁sub urban ▁local es . ▁Although ▁under re present ed ▁in ▁the ▁higher ▁levels ▁of ▁the ▁social ▁structure , ▁apart ▁from ▁a ▁few ▁old ▁arist ocr atic ▁Catholic ▁families , ▁Catholic ▁talent ▁was ▁emer ging ▁in ▁journal ism ▁and ▁diplom acy . ▁A ▁striking ▁development ▁was ▁the ▁sur ge ▁in ▁highly ▁public ized ▁conversion ▁of ▁intellect uals ▁and ▁writers ▁including ▁most ▁fam ously ▁G . ▁K . ▁Ch est erton , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Christopher ▁Daw son , ▁Maurice ▁Bar ing , ▁Ron ald ▁Kno x , ▁She ila ▁K aye - Smith , ▁William ▁E . ▁Or ch ard , ▁Alfred ▁No yes , ▁Ros al ind ▁Murray , ▁Arnold ▁L unn , ▁Eric ▁Gill , ▁David ▁Jones , ▁Ev ely n ▁W augh , ▁Graham ▁Gre ene , ▁Many a ▁Har ari ,