Monthly Archives: October 2012

Mental Illness in the Clergy

Posted on Monday, 8 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some of the blogs I have been looking at recently come up with incredibly lucid analyses about certain topics. Here is an independent priest on mental illness. Naturally, I read anything with a critical spirit and do not automatically endorse … Continue reading →

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Underground Church

Posted on Monday, 8 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention has been drawn to a review of The Underground Church, a book the looks into Roman Catholic dissident movements. Religioscope is run by Dr Jean-François Mayer of Fribourg University and I usually find its articles balanced and non-polemical. … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on Monday, 8 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One thing that has driven a good proportion of Anglicans, both of the Canterbury Communion and the continuers, into the arms of Rome is the general feeling of tiredness of what has become termed “alphabet soup”. This is certainly the … Continue reading →

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Lay hands suddenly on no man

Posted on Sunday, 7 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another request arrived by e-mail, asking me to comment on Fr Robert Hart’s article Yes it does matter. Initially, I was reticent as I have read a number of articles by this apparently quite erudite priest of the Anglican Catholic … Continue reading →

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The King James Bible

Posted on Saturday, 6 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received another e-mail today with this request: A nice piece on the history and influence of the King James Bible of 1611? (…) The AV just celebrated its 400th anniversary which went surprisingly unnoticed in the media. Well, my … Continue reading →

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Ausculta O Fili

Posted on Saturday, 6 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As a result of my posting asking for new ideas and fresh blood, I received an e-mail this morning expressing a need for more spiritual content and for me to expand on the Benedictine theme. I therefore begin this posting … Continue reading →

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Analysis of the Independents

Posted on Saturday, 6 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This subject has filled my mind for some days now, as it has for more than thirty years. To a young man, it represents a world of exotic fantasy for the curious mind, perhaps a little mocking humour like seeing … Continue reading →

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Aelred of Rievaulx and Friendship

Posted on Friday, 5 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Aelred of Rievaulx may be abusively adopted by some quarters representing the LGBT agenda, but his works clearly disapprove of sex outside marriage and he condemned “unnatural relations” as a rejection of charity and the law of God. He lived … Continue reading →

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Kind Words from an Army Chaplain

Posted on Friday, 5 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received an e-mail today from an English army chaplain who has been ministering in one of the hell-holes of this world. He must be a brave man! He shared with me many of his concerns and personal suffering, and … Continue reading →

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New Goliards

Posted on Friday, 5 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The material from New Goliards is now (being) incorporated into this blog, and I will be discontinuing the former New Goliards blog when I am satisfied that all its material is transferred to this blog. It is something I have … Continue reading →

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