Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Man’s Inhumanity to Man

Posted on Thursday, 16 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I occasionally look at David Virtue’s site and found an article on his visit to Prague and his reflections about missionary work in eastern Europe in the Communist era and the evaporation of Christianity in our time. He also visited … Continue reading →

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Original Sin

Posted on Wednesday, 15 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been reading this article on original sin from a “liberal” point of view. The author’s thesis is that this doctrine needs to be “reviewed, reformulated, or even discarded”. The ideas he expressed fit in entirely with my … Continue reading →

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In the Midst of Life…

Posted on Tuesday, 14 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Something quite scary happened to me this morning. I woke up at about 5am needing to go to the bathroom. About two steps from the bed, my head reeled and my legs gave way under me – I had collapsed. … Continue reading →

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A Boat named Sarum

Posted on Monday, 13 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had the most amazing stroke of luck today, that of finding a dinghy hull for only fifty euros – and close to my home. It and several others are being sold by an association specialising in helping young people … Continue reading →

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Romanticism and Modernism

Posted on Friday, 10 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone sent me a link to this most illuminating article. Owen Barfield’s Critical Semantics: Diagnosing Modernity in History in English Words I make my living by translating texts, substituting concepts in French by equivalent English ones, using the most appropriate … Continue reading →

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Sarum Chant

Posted on Wednesday, 8 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This recording has been around for a number of years and is now on Youtube. With a Canterbury cap tip to Rad Trad, I reproduce this link. See Sarum Christmas Mass. I made the observation over there: I was in … Continue reading →

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Le Cri de Coeur

Posted on Monday, 6 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My blog is constantly accessed from Liturgiae Causa, and I have read the two most recent postings. I met Patricius last spring in London, a young man of good urban appearance and intelligence. Not being a medical professional, I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Anglican Missals

Posted on Sunday, 5 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was answering a comment today about the so-called Cowley missal and what I thought of it. Its design seems to form a compromise between the various national Prayer Books, the Roman missal of the early twentieth century and Sarum. … Continue reading →

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Theologically Modernist, Liturgically Traditionalist

Posted on Saturday, 4 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The blog by this name, until now a newly-opened blog with no articles, is now in business. The sub-title I know nothing. There is nothing that I know. But the heart senses certain things might seem an anti-intellectual point of … Continue reading →

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Dieppe and Varengeville

Posted on Thursday, 2 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The cliff of Varengeville forms a point on the Côte d’Albâtre between Quiberville and Dieppe. Varengeville-sur-Mer is one of those coastal villages that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well-to-do families would have their houses built … Continue reading →

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