Monthly Archives: October 2017

Reality

Posted on Monday, 30 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I just came across an article about the downside of sailing by Robert Persig, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Cruising Blues and Their Cure. This is something I notice about many Youtube videos about young … Continue reading →

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Annihilationism and Pope Francis

Posted on Sunday, 29 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Just under two years ago, I wrote A vision of hell in which I discussed. I also brought up the subject of Annihilationism in Christian Humanism in the summer of 2016. It would appear that Pope Francis is a partisan of this idea … Continue reading →

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A True River Cruiser

Posted on Friday, 27 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

An inspiration came into my mind today, that of pursuing the role of my little plastic Tabur 320 (named Sophia) as a river cruiser, able to go under very low bridges and even be hauled out of the water for … Continue reading →

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New Article by Dom Alcuin Reid

Posted on Friday, 27 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As an extension to my articles of the past few days, I was quite excited upon discovering Liturgy, Authority, and Postmodernity by Dom Alcuin Reid, an Australian Benedictine monk in a small monastery in the south of France. I have … Continue reading →

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The Trio

Posted on Thursday, 26 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am sure I will one day find another nickname for the little trio comprising Fr Gregory Wassen, Fr Jonathan Munn and your humble (or not humble enough!) servant. Perhaps we might one day organise a little seminar where people … Continue reading →

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Gallicanism, France’s “Anglicanism”

Posted on Monday, 23 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have often expressed the idea of Anglicanism as an “English Gallicanism”. What was Gallicanism? The Wikipedia article is quite a good introduction from the historical point of view. Gallicanism is a rejection of ultramontanism; it is akin to a … Continue reading →

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Via Media

Posted on Monday, 23 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The title might seem provocative, since Newman’s reaction against that idea figured in his decision to become a Roman Catholic in early nineteenth-century England and Rome. He came up against the “brick wall” of what amounted in the Church of … Continue reading →

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More Light from Archbishop Haverland

Posted on Sunday, 22 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Mea culpa! I keep neglecting his splendid blog. Please read his Charge to Synod from earlier this month. I really do hope I will have the opportunity of meeting Archbishop Haverland one day.

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Reflections on the Prayer Book

Posted on Saturday, 21 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My brother in the priesthood Fr Jonathan Munn has written some reflections on the Prayer Book in Why I don’t use the Book of Common Prayer. That is certainly a provocative subject, especially with our American brethren identifying as Anglicans, … Continue reading →

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Sarum Ordo on Android

Posted on Saturday, 21 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am fairly new to the art of using a smartphone, which I call my “pocket computer that happens also to be a telephone”. I am of a generation (born 1959) that knew the pocket calculator as the nec plus … Continue reading →

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