Tag Archives: Philosophy

Post-Enlightenment

Posted on Sunday, 11 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have discovered this text of Novalis that I would consider to be of capital importance in understanding our own times. We had the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Terror, and finally, Communism and Nazism, and now the spectre … Continue reading →

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The Blue Flower

Posted on Saturday, 3 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the light of my postings about Dr Ray Winch and the old Gregorian Club, a correspondent suggested that I might set up some kind of quarterly journal which I would set up and publish in a pdf file. I … Continue reading →

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Romanticism and Christianity

Posted on Thursday, 1 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At the risk of repeating myself, one is always intrigued by the coincidence between the Oxford Movement and the foundation of Solesmes by Dom Guéranger or the Dominicans in France by Fr Lacordaire. These two extremely significant aspirations were part … Continue reading →

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Dr Ray Winch reinvented

Posted on Tuesday, 23 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was quite a while ago when I wrote about Dr Raymond Winch in Oxford. Simply, I was browsing through Blackwell’s Bookshop in the early days of Holy Week 1988 and came across The Canonical Mass of the English Orthodox. … Continue reading →

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Novalis

Posted on Friday, 12 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite … Continue reading →

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The Potomac two-step

Posted on Monday, 8 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On receiving an e-mail from a correspondent in Belgium this morning, I was reminded of a film I once saw of Harrison Ford with a fictitious American President. The President reminds Ford about the realities of Washington politics and the … Continue reading →

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Epistemology?

Posted on Thursday, 28 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In my previous posting, I was concerned with “truth claims”. The truth one person believes in, alone or in consensus with a number of others, has to apply to all – by force if necessary. I don’t have a scientific … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis!

Posted on Friday, 15 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It has taken a very long time (mostly being on the waiting list) to go through the process of being diagnosed for various questions in my life, about my relations with fellow human beings and my vocation as a priest. … Continue reading →

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The Post-Modern Prometheus

Posted on Sunday, 26 November, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My mind has been bothered somewhat over the last few days by some of these “hot-button” issues, and as always, I seek the roots of the malaise. One of the most powerful and accessible articles I have seen recently is … Continue reading →

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Away from the Stereotypes!

Posted on Friday, 24 November, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The more I think about my subject matter of yesterday (it was Rev. Clatworthy who got in my cross hairs, but I’m tackling the ideas and not the suspected inner intentions of persons), the more I find myself with various … Continue reading →

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