Tag Archives: Religious fanaticism

A Few Links to the “Intégrisme” Theme

Posted on Wednesday, 9 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

All these links are in French. If you can read this language, then you will see that the polemics go back a very long way. Intégrisme (Wikipedia article). Les Amis du Christ-Roi en France – containing several documents on historical … Continue reading →

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An Excellent Explanation of French “Intégrisme”

Posted on Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This comment on Fr Smuts’ blog about Bishop Fellay, superior of the Society of St Pius X, calling the Jews the “enemies of the Church” is worth reading. Friends used to joke with me in private, calling them the “Waffen … Continue reading →

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Another Kind of Imperialism!

Posted on Thursday, 29 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

No, this is not the British Empire or even the Great Invisible Empire of Romantia. I’ll just give you the link and recommend reading this fascinating paper. Imperial Ideology: The Idea of the Universal Christian Empire in Late Antiquity

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Moving Beyond

Posted on Monday, 5 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Just to follow on from my posting about hell and salvation and the linked doctrine Extra ecclesia nulla salus, we are led to the challenging idea that once Christianity or a particular version of it are no longer the only … Continue reading →

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Hell and Salvation

Posted on Monday, 5 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Note: My use of the word continuum in this context is intended to mean gradual variation from one end of the scale to the other as opposed to discrete and abrupt changes or differences. It is a concept used in … Continue reading →

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I’m Spiritual But Not Religious

Posted on Friday, 19 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We hear this over and over again from people around us, and it really is an unending circular reflection that often ends up with a total rejection of religious affiliation. The fundamental problem is squaring the teachings of Christ with … Continue reading →

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As far as it can go

Posted on Tuesday, 9 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In England, we have people who call for “bringing back hanging” and there is a subculture in some European countries of neo-Nazi thugs and people convinced by all kinds of sick and anti-social ideas. As we say up in Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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The Name of the Rose

Posted on Monday, 17 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My copy of this book is now dog-eared and beaten. I think I must have read it about four or five times, and something new always strikes me each time. The film is fun, but much more superficial than the … Continue reading →

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Sodalitium Pianum

Posted on Sunday, 16 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wrote this article in early 2010 in the old English Catholic blog. I have received a few e-mails asking me for the articles I wrote about the Sapinière or Sodalitium Pianum, an organisation set up under the pontificate of … Continue reading →

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Religion and Spirituality

Posted on Thursday, 26 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a question that always ‘bugs’ me and makes me think. I often come across “apologists” who try to back you into a corner with the usual dilemma – my way or the highway. All or nothing. You can … Continue reading →

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