Tag Archives: Ecclesiology

Thoughts from the November Gloom

Posted on Wednesday, 23 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Naturally, the title of this posting only applies to those living in the northern hemisphere. The heavenly cycles go their way as predictably as a clock as it measures the cycles of time that mark our life and death in … Continue reading →

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Forbidding Cliffs

Posted on Friday, 14 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I look at Fr Z’s blog exceedingly rarely, but I was curious to see if he had any comment on the deteriorating situation between Washington and Moscow via Damascus. I found none, only various topics of interest to some Roman … Continue reading →

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Manifestation of Conscience

Posted on Saturday, 30 April, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: I have just discovered that the text in question is still on Facebook. Therefore, it is attached to the bottom of this posting as a “footnote”. * * * Things on Facebook come and go with such speed as … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Downsizing

Posted on Friday, 8 January, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Let’s boil it down to the simplest expression: the business is going flat so the management has decided on an advertising campaign to bring in more customers, otherwise they go bust. That is what Monsignor Charles Pope has noticed about … Continue reading →

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The Republic of Venice

Posted on Sunday, 29 November, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am reminded of the dotty “Romantic” ladies in England and the Great Invisible Empire to be contemplated whilst looking at a British flag and burning joss sticks before it! They had a “school” in England for a while, where … Continue reading →

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Secularism and Christianity

Posted on Tuesday, 29 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a fine article – The Offer You Can’t Refuse (the Secular World) One thing that comes out of this is that for as long as churches try to ape the secular world (bureaucracy, steering committees, etc.) we know … Continue reading →

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Square Pegs in Round Holes

Posted on Wednesday, 26 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

JV who often comments here has written an interesting posting for his blog – Unity or Coexistence? One cannot but wonder if some traditionalist Christians have simply missed the bus. JV is very lucid about these matters like in an … Continue reading →

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Interesting Observations

Posted on Friday, 21 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For some time now, we have been treated by John Bruce of Los Angeles to a long season on the Ordinariates. It would seem to me that he loves doing down anything that is not under the mainstream bureaucracy or … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Sarum

Posted on Friday, 31 July, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It reminds me of a moment in The Name of the Rose, when Fr William explains to the Abbot the cause of all the skulduggery going on. Books! Forbidden books! Spiritually dangerous books! Two interesting reflections about the Use of … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Haverland on Anglican Unity

Posted on Thursday, 23 July, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Following on from my earlier article Where’s the ACC in this mix? and an e-mail from Archbishop Haverland, it is my pleasure to publish our Archbishop’s recent address. * * * Evensong, Forward-in-Faith/North America – 15 July 2015 Psalm cxxxiii, verse … Continue reading →

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