Tag Archives: Church trappings

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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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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Anglican Clerical Attire

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

In a fascinating posting by Deborah Gyapong, From a comment threat over at Fr. Smuts’ blog, a suggestion is made: And I wonder, too, if the TAC bishops will stop wearing Roman Catholic ecclesial attire? Maybe Fr. Anthony can do a … Continue reading →

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Sarum Choir Dress

Posted on Monday, 21 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone wrote to me asking about Sarum choir dress, at least of secular clergy who are not cathedral canons. For the time being, I can only suspect that the Church of England did not invent a choir habit after the … Continue reading →

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Golden Oldies

Posted on Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I notice that some have been searching for “english altar”. Here are some liturgy files in my website that some might find of interest: The Eastward Position The English Altar Lenten Array Fiddleback chasubles

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Passion Sunday

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

In many churches, the statues and crosses are veiled in violet as from Passion Sunday, or the fifth Sunday of Lent. My chapel goes into Lenten Array just before Ash Wednesday and the images are veiled in off-white trimmed with … Continue reading →

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Arts and Crafts: an influence in Anglican aesthetics

Posted on Thursday, 22 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I haven’t much time these days to write the kind of articles I really would like to write. However, I have ideas of one on the pot boiler about Anglican Papalism, which I will try to describe in a constructively … Continue reading →

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Sarum at St Cyprian Clarence Gate, 2002 version

Posted on Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A series of photos were taken in 2002 by John Salmon replicating the original Alcuin Club volume of the 1920s Ceremonial Pictured in Photographs. These images were commissioned by the Gild of Clerks and taken at the Comper church of … Continue reading →

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Dearmer Revisited

Posted on Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is not the first time I write on Percy Dearmer (1867-1936), and when I did in the past, I discovered that this man was highly controversial. Some of the comments in Dearmer and Modernism really shot me down. It was … Continue reading →

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Lenten Array

Posted on Friday, 10 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Lent is almost upon us, as we approach Sexagesima, which means that Ash Wednesday is only a week and a half away. Churches of the Roman rite only veil the statues and icons from Passion Sunday. We in the Sarum … Continue reading →

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