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Is free Catholicism cognitively dissonant and/or deeply dishonest?

Posted on Monday, 7 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I can sometimes understand why atheists like Richard Dawkins would have things in such a way as Christians would be no more acceptable in society than Holocaust deniers and flat-earth fanatics. Perhaps he would like to be a new Robespierre … Continue reading →

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Deborah Gyapong and Trashing

Posted on Monday, 24 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

She has been bashing this one for a long time, but I have always treated her as a lady and have sometimes tried to “negotiate”. Personally, I am fond of her, but her decreasing tolerance has made me truly wince. … Continue reading →

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Counter Reformation Catholicism

Posted on Thursday, 13 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have already written on Counter Reformation Catholicism on the Anglo-Catholic blog. Though this blog has been in hiatus for some time, we can be grateful to its moderator for having kept the existing material in place. I woke this … Continue reading →

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A New Model of Church?

Posted on Monday, 10 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an interesting article from the Catholic Herald: Catholics today could see the birth of a new model of Church. Mass media seems to have changed everything, especially the Internet, blogs and social networking. Freedom of the press indeed, … Continue reading →

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Conservatism and Progressivism

Posted on Sunday, 2 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. G.K.Chesterton

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John XXIII, the Old Catholic Pope?

Posted on Friday, 30 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention was drawn to this article on an ultra-traditionalist website. Naturally, the ultra-traditionalists, sedevacantists or whatever, intend to express the idea that Vatican II was set up against the reactionary position of Pius IX and the definitions of Vatican … Continue reading →

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Another Kind of Imperialism!

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

No, this is not the British Empire or even the Great Invisible Empire of Romantia. I’ll just give you the link and recommend reading this fascinating paper. Imperial Ideology: The Idea of the Universal Christian Empire in Late Antiquity

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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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Another Kind of Traditionalism

Posted on Tuesday, 20 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Traditionalism seems to be one of the most polyvalent words I have ever come across, meaning so many different concepts. People of so many different and opposing ideas often call themselves traditionalists. I have just spent seven years as a … Continue reading →

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I’m Spiritual But Not Religious

Posted on Friday, 19 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We hear this over and over again from people around us, and it really is an unending circular reflection that often ends up with a total rejection of religious affiliation. The fundamental problem is squaring the teachings of Christ with … Continue reading →

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