Tag Archives: Conservatism / Liberalism

Le règne social de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ…

Posted on Sunday, 14 December, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For many years with the traditionalists, I heard this theme, almost a mantra, meaning the subject of the Church’s social doctrine: the subjection of all earthly authority to the Church and the Pope in particular. This idea reached its zenith … Continue reading →

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Romanticism and Modernism

Posted on Friday, 10 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone sent me a link to this most illuminating article. Owen Barfield’s Critical Semantics: Diagnosing Modernity in History in English Words I make my living by translating texts, substituting concepts in French by equivalent English ones, using the most appropriate … Continue reading →

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The Minority of the Minority

Posted on Friday, 26 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Real Live One blog, to my delight, has truly come alive with thought-provoking reflections. The two I most have in mind are the most recent. Gathering a Sense of the Lay of the Liturgical Land : Traditional Catholicism From … Continue reading →

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The Epitaph and The Pit

Posted on Tuesday, 2 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Young Fogey has written Almost our epitaph here: the true cost of the Catholic abuse scandal. By way of digression, he has also been writing about speech in More Anglophilia, from the past? The mid-Atlantic accent and My accent. I … Continue reading →

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Don’t Proselytize

Posted on Saturday, 2 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I follow on from yesterday’s article with some stuff that is being sent out by e-mail. In particular, there is a link to a posting by the Young Fogey, our odd friend by the name of John Beeler – who … Continue reading →

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Shrill Polemics

Posted on Sunday, 20 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Something discussed in our recent Council of Advice meeting inspired me to write on the subject of shrillness on the part of many polemicists seeking to defend their convictions and win others over to them. One Council member regretted having … Continue reading →

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John Beeler off the Deep End

Posted on Wednesday, 9 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I don’t mind a man looking like something out of the 1950’s or 60’s with similar glasses as those of my old schoolmaster, and who daubs his blog with cars of the same era. All right, I am an eccentric … Continue reading →

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La Bête Noire

Posted on Friday, 23 May, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sometimes, the subject of theological Modernism comes up, as in Surviving Modernism. I have often written about it on my blog. In the 1900’s, the Roman Curia became so paranoid about it that steps were taken to set up as … Continue reading →

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Meltdown?

Posted on Sunday, 16 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Dr William Tighe draws our attention to Anglican Church in Meltdown. The article is inevitably written by the ever-smug Fr Dwight Longenecker. I could say say all kinds of unkind things like wondering what he’s doing in America and so … Continue reading →

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More Conservative Delerium

Posted on Thursday, 13 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often get news bulletins from French and English-speaking conservative sources like Civitas in France. Sometimes things go a little far like this article in French – Des petits garçons en robe à l’école maternelle au nom de la théorie … Continue reading →

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