Monthly Archives: August 2016

Wisdom

Posted on Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My wife found this (probably on Facebook): La religion ne  transforme pas les hommes en criminels; ce sont les criminels qui utilisent la religion comme alibi de leur soif de pouvoir. Translation: Religion does not turn people into criminals. It’s … Continue reading →

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Top Quality Rattan

Posted on Tuesday, 30 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Embryo Parson has written an interesting article in his blog: Catholicism, Liturgy and Manliness. He wrote in kind terms about me and my writings at a theological level. He does give something to reflect on in terms of Muscular Christianity. It … Continue reading →

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Was it ever any different?

Posted on Sunday, 28 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here’s an interesting article – Fair Warning – Religious Re-engineering in Progress. Quite frankly, is anyone surprised? We had Erastianism in the Church of England, and the French Church under Louis XIV had to say and do the right thing. … Continue reading →

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Some interesting articles in the Catholic Herald

Posted on Friday, 26 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Britain’s Ordinariate is in peril. Here is how to save it. I thought the English Ordinariate was doing well compared with the American one, if we can trust that old curmudgeon John Bruce banging his drum to get everyone into … Continue reading →

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The Vendée Genocide

Posted on Friday, 26 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

When I was at seminary, a French historian came to give a lecture about the genocide in the Vendée in 1796, two years after Robespierre’s head had dropped into the basket. The people of that region of France (where I … Continue reading →

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Der Ubermensch

Posted on Thursday, 25 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Perhaps Nietzsche Revisited? I read More From National Review’s David French on Masculinity and thought it would be best to ignore it. I have been brought to think about some of the more provocative stuff I have written in the past. … Continue reading →

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Liberalism

Posted on Saturday, 20 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Liberalism, as with most words containing the suffix -ism, is one of the most misunderstood words of the vocabulary of any language that uses it. A century after the era of the Romantics, there was a similar movement called Modernism, … Continue reading →

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An Opportunity

Posted on Friday, 19 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Whilst on holiday by the sea (yes, enjoying the sailing) on the Contentin peninsular, on a nice quiet campsite with a wi-fi connection, I have been reading a number of articles on the theme of liturgical situation in the Roman … Continue reading →

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Article on Fundamentalism

Posted on Saturday, 13 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A comment in this blog and an e-mail from one of my brother priests drew my attention to Fundamentalism is intellectual suicide by an Orthodox abbot. He does not go very much into the question of what fundamentalism is in … Continue reading →

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Georges Bernanos and Boredom

Posted on Friday, 5 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Georges Bernanos (1888 – 1948) is one of my favourite modern French authors. His best known work is Journal d’un Curé de Campagne, first published in 1936. One would almost see in him the heavy and nihilistic existentialism of Camus … Continue reading →

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