Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Authority and Tradition

Posted on Sunday, 9 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For many years, I have heard it said again and again that the crisis of western Christianity is one of authority. This constitutes the entire question of religious freedom and the liberty of the conscience – also why some authoritarian … Continue reading →

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My Former Archbishop

Posted on Thursday, 6 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Stephen Smuts has published photos and articles from the mainstream Australian press in No Charge for Priest Accused by John Hepworth and Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen…. I followed much of this at the time, especially between the time I … Continue reading →

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Prayers for our Bishop

Posted on Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Bishop Damien Mead had a bad accident – Bishop’s Accident 1st June 2013. A heavy display cabinet in the ACC church shop in Canterbury fell onto his foot causing a lot of damage, enough to cause great pain, the need … Continue reading →

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The Judgement of the World

Posted on Tuesday, 4 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is only indirectly germane to this site, but it is a fact that will relativise many of the ideological arguments between us on the blog. Take a look at The Trash Vortex. Where I live, Tuesday is what my … Continue reading →

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The Artist’s Canvas

Posted on Monday, 3 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the Parable of the Sower (Mark iv.3-20), the seed is the Word of God and the various places where it can fall represent the attitude of those listening or not listening. There seems to be another element, the types … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Wonder

Posted on Friday, 31 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

After a brush with a nasty troll of the worst kind, who has kindly agreed to leave us in spite of a corny line from The Terminator – “I’ll be back”, I am truly quivering and shaking with fear! We’ll … Continue reading →

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Western Rite Orthodoxy, a new proposition

Posted on Thursday, 30 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not a little noise has been made about The Secret to Preserving Anglicanism by Fr Anthony Bondi of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. I’m sure our friends Michael Frost and Dale will make much of it, and there has … Continue reading →

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Slogging Away

Posted on Tuesday, 28 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Blogging is a little on the low side due to a big 33,000-word technical translation about a huge machine for making parts for aircraft. It fills up a whole factory! As with any complicated piece of machinery, the operators have … Continue reading →

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A fine piece by Fr Robert Hart on the Trinity

Posted on Monday, 27 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Trinity Sunday I draw your attention to his passage on the Iconoclasts … … since there have been iconoclasts other than the Mohammedans. The Fathers who gathered for the second Council of Nicea knew that the heresy of the Iconoclasts … Continue reading →

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The Nips are having a field day!

Posted on Sunday, 26 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Country Views United States 150 United Kingdom 63 Australia 41 Japan 19 Canada 19 France 10 Ireland 8 South Africa 3 Sweden 2 Spain 1 Portugal 1 Jamaica 1 Switzerland 1 The day is yet young in the USA. I … Continue reading →

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