Tag Archives: Ecclesiology

Orthodoxy and Catholicism

Posted on Thursday, 25 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not intending to stir up old embers for the Blowout department, this is a fine article – Distinctions between Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Many of us Anglicans joke cynically about the “two one true churches”. I really am far beyond having … Continue reading →

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The old label thing…

Posted on Thursday, 16 April, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The subject keeps coming up, especially when it’s a question of “You’re a false one masquerading as one of us true ones“. In the heyday of vagante churches, would-be prelates would invent all kinds of combinations of names to try … Continue reading →

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Small Dioceses

Posted on Sunday, 8 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Interesting article from Fr Hunwicke – Dioceses. In some of the southern Italian dioceses, the Bishop is as accessible as a parish priest and there is virtually no bureaucracy beyond a secretary / archivist and a bursar. This is one … Continue reading →

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Help! I’m in the quicksand!

Posted on Monday, 16 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It must be the most horrible death imaginable! You’re walking on the quicksands around the Mont Saint Michel in France and other estuaries in the world – and your leg disappears into the ooze. As you try to pull it … Continue reading →

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Church and Culture

Posted on Wednesday, 11 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to draw your attention to an article from a blog for which I have a lot of esteem – Sitz im leben. It is good to see this blog come out of a long bout of writer’s … Continue reading →

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The Episcopal Charge

Posted on Wednesday, 12 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Being a bishop of a diocese or particular church is a hefty responsibility, and the one who occupies the Apostle’s shoes takes a lot of stick. It is certainly a thankless job, like being the captain of a ship. It … 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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An Interesting Write-Up

Posted on Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My article of yesterday The Quest for Recognition and Respectability has had something of a write-up by John Beeler in Splinter churches’ quest for recognition and respectability. He took me up on my own observation that the fate of the TAC … Continue reading →

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Schism?

Posted on Sunday, 6 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Schism seems like quite a dirty word to beat someone’s head over with. It merely means division or a split. One may have the impression that some Church-of-England Anglicans are / were going by absolutist Roman Catholic ecclesiology for the … Continue reading →

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The Basic Ecclesial Community

Posted on Friday, 14 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The notion of the Basic Ecclesial Community is usually associated with Jesuits in South America and “progressive” Roman Catholicism. Nevertheless, I have been doing a little research to discover the ideas behind it. Could it be an alternative form of … Continue reading →

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