Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Retro-futurism

Posted on Thursday, 29 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Over the past few days, I have been studying various forms of utopianism in what could be termed-post modern culture. I have often wondered what post-modernism is because the future of Christianity depends on being able to connect with the … Continue reading →

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Et in Arcadia Ego

Posted on Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is the title of the opening section of Evelyn’s Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, a description of the life of an undergraduate at Oxford University in the 1920’s and his friendship with an aristocratic family with no financial worries. I see … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Empire of Romantia

Posted on Tuesday, 27 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Further from my posting of yesterday, I used to have such a good laugh over the Romantic, the Reactionary Review, the Imperial Angel and the New Century written by those dotty ladies in England who are certainly less innocent than … Continue reading →

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The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living

Posted on Monday, 26 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living This initiative is named after Fr Thomas Merton, the famous American Trappist monk. It isn’t a monastery, though this site is connected with Merton’s old abbey. It seems to be a virtual meeting point … Continue reading →

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The Dream of Non-Papal Catholicism

Posted on Monday, 26 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Young Fogey is writing on a favourite theme, trying to prove that only Roman Catholicism is viable enough to foster and continue the Catholic way into the future. One by one, he proceeds to trash the alternatives. The disillusionment of … Continue reading →

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The Great Meltdown

Posted on Sunday, 25 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update from Sunday 17.55 GMT: Father Stephen Smuts has completed the maintenance work on his blog, and there are new articles. * * * I begin to be quite “alone” as this blog somehow continues to be of some interest … Continue reading →

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Another View on Erastianism

Posted on Saturday, 24 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Erastian Edicts and Popular Principles Excellent article by Deacon Jonathan Munn.

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Quid est Veritas?

Posted on Saturday, 24 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We have read it in the Gospel, heard it in church during Holy Week, and some of us have seen the Mel Gibson film. What is truth? In Thomist philosophy, the truth is something outside ourselves, and seizing the truth … Continue reading →

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A Relevance of Christianity

Posted on Friday, 23 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Since writing my last post and receiving a very interesting comment, I wonder if I have allowed myself to get onto someone’s conservative bandwagon. After all, the argument of some of the protagonists for women bishops in the Church of … Continue reading →

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They Played Cards and Lost

Posted on Friday, 23 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The agenda for women bishops in England really thought they had it made, and not a whit did they care about those opposed even for theological and ecumenical reasons. The opposition had only to be crushed as the Church of … Continue reading →

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