Tag Archives: Mystery of Evil

Inject, Shoot or Hang?

Posted on Monday, 20 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The USA is just about the only western country to have kept capital punishment. I have written on this topic before on Capital Punishment. I have noticed in various articles that prison facilities concerned with executing people who are condemned to … Continue reading →

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Capital Punishment

Posted on Thursday, 7 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My reflections continue on this theme of human evil and goodness, and everything in between. I come to the subject to the way the law in some countries deals with a criminal considered as to be so evil as to … Continue reading →

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Human Goodness

Posted on Thursday, 7 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Writing my last article on the “aesthetic gospel” has made me think carefully about the real underlying issues. The real issue is the notion of humanism – the idea according to which humans are capable of the greatest good as … Continue reading →

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Day for Day

Posted on Tuesday, 5 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As I looked at Deborah Gyapong’s article of yesterday – So, who is following this Michael Voris, Fr. Robert Barron controversy over hell?, this prompted me to look at an old article I had written on this subject. Hell and Salvation. It … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories and Democracy

Posted on Saturday, 2 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Whilst we are on the subject, this is worth reading: Are conspiracy theories the biggest threat to democracy? Observer columnist and academic John Naughton said: The reason we have conspiracy theories is that sometimes governments and organisations do conspire. You … Continue reading →

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Old Nick

Posted on Saturday, 2 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

An article came up on an “alternative news” website I occasionally look at – The Psychological Power of Satan. This site is admittedly quite “conspiracy theory”, but we also have to say that evil in the world is, and always … Continue reading →

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Article by Fr Jonathan Munn

Posted on Saturday, 28 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Creeping Calvinism and Ambiguous Anglicanism Fr Jonathan Munn has just written this article in which he contends that man isn’t totally depraved. I won’t go into all the theology of it, the various theories of grace and sin from Saint … Continue reading →

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Are the Atheists our Enemies?

Posted on Thursday, 1 August, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received a very kind message from my Bishop this morning who found that it was wise to put The Anglican Catholic to bed for a little while until it gets focused on positive themes and transcends the kind of … Continue reading →

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Dives et Pauper

Posted on Monday, 29 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: This story has turned out to be an urban legend, and therefore is not true. It is doing the rounds on the blogs and Facebook, and my Bishop reproduced it in good faith. This photo is one of a … Continue reading →

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Another Nibble at Christian Anarchism

Posted on Sunday, 23 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It’s not the first time I have brought this subject up (Christian Anarchism and a very recent one, The Mustard Seed), and this is a hotly debated subject. The word anarchism has a very negative ring, implying the mindless ideology of a … Continue reading →

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