Tag Archives: Canterbury Anglicanism

Henrician Anglicanism

Posted on Friday, 24 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Given some postings elsewhere on the blogosphere, I might have given the impression that I was advocating that the state of affairs in the ACC does or should resemble the Church of England under the reign of Henry VIII. One … Continue reading →

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Extra-Mural Anglicans

Posted on Thursday, 25 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I like Deborah Gyapong, and I have always found her to be a good person seeking the best for her family and for God. We had many uplifting conversations on Skype. But certain things get up my nose – Who … Continue reading →

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Anglican Comprehensiveness

Posted on Tuesday, 23 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a really difficult subject that has caused so much conflict between Anglicans and which causes people of other Churches to doubt our sincerity and attachment to the notion of objective truth. Comprehensiveness is essentially a political solution to … Continue reading →

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Ordinariates under Pope Francis

Posted on Friday, 15 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Deborah Gyapong asks the question Could this new Pope pave the way for new Ordinariates? I suppose nothing is impossible, and we will not have long to wait to find out what the major orientations of the new pontificate are going … Continue reading →

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A Conservative Evangelical Pope

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Francis I a friend to Argentine Anglicans In a note released after the election of the new Pope, Francis I, on March 13 Bishop Venables wrote: “Many are asking me what Jorge Bergoglio is really like. He is much more … 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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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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More Questions about the ACNA

Posted on Thursday, 27 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This article came up in Deborah Gyapong’s blog – What are the chief obstacles in persuading ACNA members to consider Ordinariates? Would the Anglican Church in North America be interested in the Ordinariate, the PNCC or the uniting Continuing bodies from … Continue reading →

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Ebbing of Christianity

Posted on Wednesday, 12 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been reading a number of articles about the ebbing of Christianity, the default position of people born since 1980 as agnostic or atheist and the surge of Islam. The various analyses are interesting and more or less convincing. … Continue reading →

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