Tag Archives: Northern Catholicism

Benedict XVI (1927-2022)

Posted on Wednesday, 4 January, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Last New Year’s Eve, I read the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s death about two hours after it occurred. I was struck by the date being the very last day of the year 2022 in which Queen Elizabeth II died, … Continue reading →

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Rewilding Christianity

Posted on Saturday, 8 October, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We sometimes hear about “rewilding” areas of land that have been used for agriculture. Their owners, for good or bad, decide that it would be best to plant some trees and let nature do what it wants. There are two … Continue reading →

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Parish Catholicism

Posted on Wednesday, 25 May, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have not written anything here since Holy Week, partly through discouragement, partly through laziness, partly through being taken up by other things. I have been trying to discern what made Christianity “work” in the past. Simply, it was the … Continue reading →

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Anglican Catholicism, a twitch upon the thread

Posted on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been looking at a fascinating thread on the Anglican Ordinariate Forum on Facebook. Some of those people reflect well, among those of a more fearful disposition. I will try to give a general gist of some of these … Continue reading →

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Radical secularisation?

Posted on Sunday, 1 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been having more of a look through the website of the Nordic Catholic Church, and in particular a short posting by Bishop Flemestad on The Church of the Future. The thought appears to be cogent, since it is … Continue reading →

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The Nordic Catholic Church and Gnosticism

Posted on Thursday, 27 February, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update from 5th March 2020. I have received various bits of new information and I am concerned not to be an obstacle in the developing relationship between our churches. Bishop Flemestad has a remarkably lucid philosophical view of the fundamental … Continue reading →

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English Tradition

Posted on Sunday, 5 January, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention has just been drawn to Charism of the Ordinariate published by the Australian Ordinariate. They offer seven points as what they consider most characteristic of the reason why the Ordinariates should not simply be absorbed into mainstream post-Vatican … Continue reading →

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The Patrimony and Romanticism

Posted on Wednesday, 11 July, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received a very kind e-mail about my last posting on what we continuing Anglicans are continuing. The correspondent in question is a priest in the Church of England but in the Forward in Faith jurisdiction. I think two paragraphs … Continue reading →

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What are we trying to continue?

Posted on Tuesday, 10 July, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some time ago, I resolved to step down from the sterile polemics with our friend in California – yes, you know who. I won’t give the link this time. He has noticed that the American Episcopal Church has decided to … Continue reading →

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English Spirituality

Posted on Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I came across an interesting blog posting which made me think of something to add to the subject of Anglican patrimony. It is not only the Romantic paradigm with which I myself identify, but also a distinct spiritual tradition going … Continue reading →

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