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Hanging Pyx

Posted on Sunday, 6 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received an e-mail asking me about the hanging pyx. The hanging pyx is an ancient method of reserving the Blessed Sacrament in a church until it was replaced in most places by a tabernacle on the altar … Continue reading →

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English Use

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A nice posting has come up on Anglican Patrimony – The English Use by Fr Matthew Venuti of the US Ordinariate. My own experience as a cleric was much different from theirs, having been ordained to the diaconate at one … Continue reading →

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Sarum Feast of the Epiphany

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Epiphany. At Mass. Office. Behold the Lord, the ruler, cometh ; and dominion power and empire are in his hand. Ps. Give the king thy judgements, O God : and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. Behold etc. Glory … Continue reading →

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Fragile Unity

Posted on Saturday, 5 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been looking at Retro-church and its recent articles. Go over there, read them and come back here: An Appeal from the Continuing Anglican Churches to the ACNA and Associated Churches – the background, already linked to and … Continue reading →

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Lastingham Fellowship

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some brave Anglicans in the North Riding of Yorkshire are soldiering on. They have a lovely website, which you should look at – Lastingham Fellowship. This part of the country represents my own roots. Most of my traceable ancestors on … Continue reading →

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Comment threads and “true church” apologetics

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At this point, I’m going to remind readers of a principle on this blog. It’s against the conversation-stopper of “true church” apologetics. It doesn’t belong to this blog. Those who are convinced Roman Catholics, Orthodox, etc. should set up their … Continue reading →

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While Americans dispute the True Church

Posted on Thursday, 3 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Reading some of the threads in my comment boxes, I am made to think of the fable of theologians discussing the sex of the Angels in Constantinople as the Muslims sacked the city and cut the throats of its inhabitants. … Continue reading →

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Ad Clerum from Bishop Michael Gill

Posted on Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Ad Clerum 1.13

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What’s worse, Heresy or Schism?

Posted on Tuesday, 1 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Deborah Gyapong wrote a thoughtful article in her blog – Happy New Year and Happy Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God. Actually, some priests and their communities in union with Rome still celebrate the Circumcision when they use the 1962 … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Greetings from Archbishop Prakash

Posted on Monday, 31 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I merely link to the posting on Fr Smuts’ blog: Archbishop Samuel Prakash: New Year’s Message

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