Monthly Archives: January 2013

Will Beauty Save the World?

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As we have been talking about beauty and aesthetics recently, here is an old Anglo-Catholic posting of mine. I reproduce it in full since I am the author. The article dates from March 20th 2010. There are some sympathetic comments … Continue reading →

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Wisdom from John Locke

Posted on Monday, 7 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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Is free Catholicism cognitively dissonant and/or deeply dishonest?

Posted on Monday, 7 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I can sometimes understand why atheists like Richard Dawkins would have things in such a way as Christians would be no more acceptable in society than Holocaust deniers and flat-earth fanatics. Perhaps he would like to be a new Robespierre … Continue reading →

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Hanging Pyx

Posted on Sunday, 6 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received an e-mail asking me about the hanging pyx. The hanging pyx is an ancient method of reserving the Blessed Sacrament in a church until it was replaced in most places by a tabernacle on the altar … Continue reading →

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English Use

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A nice posting has come up on Anglican Patrimony – The English Use by Fr Matthew Venuti of the US Ordinariate. My own experience as a cleric was much different from theirs, having been ordained to the diaconate at one … Continue reading →

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Sarum Feast of the Epiphany

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Epiphany. At Mass. Office. Behold the Lord, the ruler, cometh ; and dominion power and empire are in his hand. Ps. Give the king thy judgements, O God : and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. Behold etc. Glory … Continue reading →

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Fragile Unity

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been looking at Retro-church and its recent articles. Go over there, read them and come back here: An Appeal from the Continuing Anglican Churches to the ACNA and Associated Churches – the background, already linked to and … Continue reading →

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Lastingham Fellowship

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some brave Anglicans in the North Riding of Yorkshire are soldiering on. They have a lovely website, which you should look at – Lastingham Fellowship. This part of the country represents my own roots. Most of my traceable ancestors on … Continue reading →

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Comment threads and “true church” apologetics

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At this point, I’m going to remind readers of a principle on this blog. It’s against the conversation-stopper of “true church” apologetics. It doesn’t belong to this blog. Those who are convinced Roman Catholics, Orthodox, etc. should set up their … Continue reading →

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While Americans dispute the True Church

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Reading some of the threads in my comment boxes, I am made to think of the fable of theologians discussing the sex of the Angels in Constantinople as the Muslims sacked the city and cut the throats of its inhabitants. … Continue reading →

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