Monthly Archives: March 2018

Pope Francis and Hell

Posted on Saturday, 31 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I saw this morning that my older article Annihilationism and Pope Francis had been visited quite a few times. This time, it is the same Italian newspaper reporter and the veracity of the story is disputed. I will therefore keep out … Continue reading →

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The Stripping of the Altars

Posted on Thursday, 29 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There are several meanings to this ceremony, in particular the historical remnant of the practice of dressing and stripping the altar after each Mass. The Jansenists of the Pseudo-Synod of Pistoia attempted to revive this practice, as did many “experts” … Continue reading →

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Flashback to 2010…

Posted on Thursday, 29 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Things often swirl about in the mists of time and are forgotten. I was wondering about a passage written by Bishop Peter Elliott, a respected Australian Roman Catholic bishop who was once an Anglican. What is more, he lived at … Continue reading →

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Spy Wednesday

Posted on Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is the day when Christians are mortified by thinking about the treachery of Judas. I have books and articles about old Gnostic ideas according to which Judas did this deed according to the wishes of Christ. I read these … Continue reading →

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Holy Week

Posted on Tuesday, 27 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We arrive at Tuesday of Holy Week. It seemed odd to celebrate the Annunciation yesterday as the Use of Sarum allows. I have already posted on this subject, and wondered whether I should defer the Annunciation to after the Octave … Continue reading →

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Something of the Mind of Hell

Posted on Saturday, 24 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am presently battling with the notions of foundationalism and anti-foundationalism in epistemology and metaphysics from Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason to Fichte, Schlegel and Novalis, the latter of whom seemed, as a Christian believer, to be looking for a … Continue reading →

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A Mark of Low Status?

Posted on Saturday, 24 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I think my term Elite Christianity has been misunderstood in some comments, and I have come across an article that gives me some insight into this ambiguity. “Engaging the Culture” Doesn’t Work Because Christian Beliefs Are a Mark of Low Status. … Continue reading →

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Elite Christianity

Posted on Thursday, 22 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I suppose this is yet another variation on the old theme. I am occasionally confronted with the view according to which I must relate to the “masses” and adapt my religion as a priest in order to minister to all … Continue reading →

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Idealism, Realism and Churches

Posted on Wednesday, 21 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My intuition of going the philosophical way seems to be confirmed by my posting on the recent developments in the American Anglican world and the emerging Old Catholicism from the Nordic Catholic Church and the PNCC. I am confronted by … Continue reading →

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John Bruce’s “Discernment”

Posted on Tuesday, 20 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an interesting little post – Discernment. I am inclined to try to take it up in positive and helpful terms. John Bruce has been banging a drum about the Ordinariates for a long time and how the various … Continue reading →

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