Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

A Couple of Gripes with Anglo-Papalism

Posted on Sunday, 2 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have always had difficulties in understanding certain phenomena in Anglo-Papalism. What I mean by this term is the tendency of some Anglican clergy and laity to refer to contemporary Roman Catholic norms as if they were already under Roman … Continue reading →

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Lenten Array

Posted on Sunday, 2 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My chapel is about to go into Lenten Array in readiness for Ash Wednesday. One of last year’s palms will be burned in my back yard to make the ashes for my wife and I. These are the outward signs. … Continue reading →

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A Highly Lucid Analysis

Posted on Sunday, 2 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I warmly recommend you to read – Understanding Context and Reading the Grand Narrative. I suggest you read the article fully in its place and then come back here for my reflections. Of course, Catholicism has not really been a … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh on the 1950’s Liturgical Reforms

Posted on Thursday, 27 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This comes with a hat tip to Patricius in his new posting on Evelyn Waugh – Waugh… During the last few years we have experienced the triumph of the “liturgists,” in the new arrangement of the services for the end … Continue reading →

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Sedevacantism

Posted on Wednesday, 26 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I came across two fair-minded articles on a way by which some Roman Catholics try to get round the fallibility of the Pope and the modern Church without dismissing it all as nonsense. These recent articles are Sedevacantism and Solution … Continue reading →

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Flying Sparks!

Posted on Tuesday, 25 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Our friend Patricius has just written Censorship… as a result of having crossed the line on the New Liturgical Movement blog. It was only to be anticipated. It is a long time ago that I ceased to be respectable for … Continue reading →

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Death of Sarum?

Posted on Tuesday, 25 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: Fr Hunwicke’s posting (link just below) is getting quite a few comments as he asked. Some information is coming out about the survival of the Use of Sarum among the Recusants. * * * I have just found this … Continue reading →

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The Neutron Bomb

Posted on Tuesday, 25 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Tracey Rowland contemplates Belgium by Deborah Gyapong, which she took from the Crisis Magazine article is worth contemplating. I haven’t been to Belgium since my short trip to Gent in 2000, and even then, I had no contact with Catholic intellectuals. … Continue reading →

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Continuing Anglican Unity

Posted on Monday, 24 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I usually feel at a distance from church meetings, especially ones for discussing unity and ways getting around differences of doctrines, practices and personalities. I will be attending my own Diocesan Synod in early May, for which I have already … Continue reading →

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Libenter suffertis insipientens : cum sitis ipsi sapientes.

Posted on Sunday, 23 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. I read this amazing Epistle of St Paul this morning at Mass of Sexagesima Sunday. In this piece of writing, Paul shows his complete break with conventions and all the … Continue reading →

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