Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Benedictine Monks of Saint Maurus

Posted on Tuesday, 15 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Before the French Revolution, there was an illustrious congregation of Benedictine monks under the patronage of Saint Maurus who was a disciple of Saint Benedict. The introduction of the monastic life into France is attributed to Saint Maurus. Today, January … Continue reading →

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Ideal Characteristics of Anglo-Catholicism

Posted on Friday, 11 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

To follow up from my previous article, I give some ideas about what I would like to see in Anglo-Catholicism as expressed in the Continuing Churches and how things could be in the future. Rather than a revival of the … Continue reading →

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Suggestions for Anglo-Catholic Union

Posted on Friday, 11 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My perspective will certainly seem to some to be a little on the “innocent” side, as I have very little experience of Anglican institutional wrangling. I am isolated and have very little in the way of social connections with my … Continue reading →

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Post Brockton Continuing Anglicanism

Posted on Thursday, 10 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Post-Brockton takes a bit of wading to get through it, but it is interesting in this barren post-ordinariate, post-everything, time. Outside State control like under the English Monarchy and Parliament, I don’t see how comprehensiveness can work. Comments would be … Continue reading →

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A Few Links to the “Intégrisme” Theme

Posted on Wednesday, 9 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

All these links are in French. If you can read this language, then you will see that the polemics go back a very long way. Intégrisme (Wikipedia article). Les Amis du Christ-Roi en France – containing several documents on historical … Continue reading →

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Charlie Chaplin Speaks in 1940

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick
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An Excellent Explanation of French “Intégrisme”

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This comment on Fr Smuts’ blog about Bishop Fellay, superior of the Society of St Pius X, calling the Jews the “enemies of the Church” is worth reading. Friends used to joke with me in private, calling them the “Waffen … Continue reading →

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Will Beauty Save the World?

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As we have been talking about beauty and aesthetics recently, here is an old Anglo-Catholic posting of mine. I reproduce it in full since I am the author. The article dates from March 20th 2010. There are some sympathetic comments … Continue reading →

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Wisdom from John Locke

Posted on Monday, 7 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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Is free Catholicism cognitively dissonant and/or deeply dishonest?

Posted on Monday, 7 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I can sometimes understand why atheists like Richard Dawkins would have things in such a way as Christians would be no more acceptable in society than Holocaust deniers and flat-earth fanatics. Perhaps he would like to be a new Robespierre … Continue reading →

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