Monthly Archives: December 2017

Prognostics for Blogging

Posted on Friday, 29 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was doing my daily rounds and found Fr Jonathan’s Blogday 2017: The beautiful feet of the Laity. I think he began his article with the tongue-in-cheek epitaph “Blogging, apparently, is a dying form which makes this, as usual, a … Continue reading →

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Epistemology?

Posted on Thursday, 28 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In my previous posting, I was concerned with “truth claims”. The truth one person believes in, alone or in consensus with a number of others, has to apply to all – by force if necessary. I don’t have a scientific … Continue reading →

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Swimming Rivers

Posted on Wednesday, 27 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There has been a long thread on the Facebook Discussion Group for Anglicans Considering the Anglican Continuum (closed group). It concerns the relative merits of those Anglicans who become Roman Catholics through the Ordinariate or normal diocesan channels, or yet via … Continue reading →

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Railways and Theology

Posted on Wednesday, 27 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The latest from John Bruce is quite a jaw-drop. I’m sure quite a few keep a watch on his blog without making any ado – as is usually the case for me. In A New Angle On The Oxford Movement, we … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas!

Posted on Saturday, 23 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m sending out this somewhat secular e-Christmas card to all my readers, but depictions of the Nativity of Christ can be found in my greeting postings of previous years. So I have found this nice painting of Saint (Nic)Claus transposed … Continue reading →

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The Machine Again

Posted on Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The story is buzzing on Facebook about the appointment of former chief nurse Sarah Mullally as next Bishop of London. One such posting contains a comment: This woman’s appointment as the 3rd most senior bishop in the Church of England … Continue reading →

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O Sapientia

Posted on Saturday, 16 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It all starts today in the Use of Sarum, because we have an extra O antiphon, O Virgo virginum. Here is an article on The Other Major Antiphons for the End of Advent which contains a link to another fine NLM … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis!

Posted on Friday, 15 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It has taken a very long time (mostly being on the waiting list) to go through the process of being diagnosed for various questions in my life, about my relations with fellow human beings and my vocation as a priest. … Continue reading →

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Fourth Sunday of Advent

Posted on Sunday, 10 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We find ourselves in something of a quandary this year about the concurrence of the fourth Sunday in Advent and Christmas Eve. My Sarum ordo by Dr William Renwick quotes the following from the Pie: 4th of Advent All of … Continue reading →

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