Tag Archives: Religious pathology

Original Sin

Posted on Wednesday, 15 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been reading this article on original sin from a “liberal” point of view. The author’s thesis is that this doctrine needs to be “reviewed, reformulated, or even discarded”. The ideas he expressed fit in entirely with my … Continue reading →

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Theologically Modernist, Liturgically Traditionalist

Posted on Saturday, 4 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The blog by this name, until now a newly-opened blog with no articles, is now in business. The sub-title I know nothing. There is nothing that I know. But the heart senses certain things might seem an anti-intellectual point of … Continue reading →

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Emerging Totalitarianism?

Posted on Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This seems to be a balanced article – Orwell, Huxley and the Emerging Totalitarianism. It is a subject that preoccupies me. I have read both 1984 and Brave New World, and have read William Shirer’s monumental The Rise and Fall … Continue reading →

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Don’t Proselytize

Posted on Saturday, 2 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I follow on from yesterday’s article with some stuff that is being sent out by e-mail. In particular, there is a link to a posting by the Young Fogey, our odd friend by the name of John Beeler – who … Continue reading →

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Mental Illness and Religion

Posted on Sunday, 20 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a subject I have thought of writing about for some time. It is a sensitive one, because I am not qualified in psychiatric medicine or psychoanalysis. I only have a few notions, so I can only express myself … Continue reading →

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Shrill Polemics

Posted on Sunday, 20 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Something discussed in our recent Council of Advice meeting inspired me to write on the subject of shrillness on the part of many polemicists seeking to defend their convictions and win others over to them. One Council member regretted having … Continue reading →

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Why a Sarum Gathering

Posted on Friday, 7 March, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I woke up this morning to a great clarity of thinking about my project of a Sarum Gathering. Once I get a core group established and we begin work on the academic side, thought will have to be given to … Continue reading →

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Meltdown?

Posted on Sunday, 16 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Dr William Tighe draws our attention to Anglican Church in Meltdown. The article is inevitably written by the ever-smug Fr Dwight Longenecker. I could say say all kinds of unkind things like wondering what he’s doing in America and so … Continue reading →

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Predictions about the Future of Christianity

Posted on Sunday, 19 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Two interesting links have been sent out this week by Dr William Tighe, one to the future of Christianity being conservative Evangelical – Atheism is doomed: the contraceptive Pill is secularism’s cyanide tablet.The other is Why Millennials Long for Liturgy. … Continue reading →

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Mysticism and Asceticism

Posted on Friday, 11 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is an extremely interesting article from the Latin Mass Society Chairman Joseph Shaw in his blog – Mystical not ascetic: a response to Pope Francis, Part 5. This is the last part of a series of articles on Pope … Continue reading →

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