Tag Archives: Religious pathology

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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Sessio and Missio

Posted on Sunday, 4 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I believe I have to some extent identified a characteristic that is fairly widespread in Continuing Anglicanism, and which seems to be at the root of many conflicts and contestations of power, especially between bishops. There is another aspect, which … 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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Mental Illness in the Clergy

Posted on Monday, 8 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some of the blogs I have been looking at recently come up with incredibly lucid analyses about certain topics. Here is an independent priest on mental illness. Naturally, I read anything with a critical spirit and do not automatically endorse … 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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Trolling Psychology

Posted on Saturday, 8 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been doing a little bit of reading on “troll” psychology, and in the end, I wonder about the validity of any of these studies. Why does anyone write on the Internet? I used to see the Internet as … Continue reading →

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But before we can start awarding ourselves Victoria Crosses…

Posted on Thursday, 23 August, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a line from a World War II film in which a small group of commandos destroy a dam in Yugoslavia to stop the Germans from getting to a vital strategic place over an almost impossible-to-destroy bridge. Sergeant Miller … 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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