Tag Archives: Theology

Patricius on Tolkien

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

My good friend Patricius has written an article about Ronald Tolkien in his blog – Is Tolkien dangerous? Part I…. He has sent me the second part to ask my advice, but I have already had to tell him that … Continue reading →

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A Gold Mine of a Blog

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

Here is a blog I have been introduced to recently – Tony Equale’s Blog. There are many themes in it that ring very true with me. His latest article (I am waiting impatiently for part 2) is Universalist Christianity — … Continue reading →

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Fr Jonathan Munn on St Vincent of Lerins

Posted on Tuesday, 28 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Further to my previous article Vincent of Lerins and Organic Development concerning our understanding of Tradition in the Church, Fr Jonathan Munn has written Reflexive Catholicism. He sets Vincent of Lerins in the historical context, which is important for any theological … Continue reading →

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Fr Hunwicke and Orders

Posted on Monday, 27 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Clarification: In writing this article, I wish to make it clear that I assume readers to have consulted the following articles by Fr Hunwicke and read them fully. Reordination: (1) Reordination (2) Reordination (3): Consummatio Reordination (4); Consummatio; Anglicans I … Continue reading →

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Vincent of Lerins and Organic Development

Posted on Thursday, 23 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Perhaps it is time to move back to theology as a less provocative approach to this blog, since someone rightly observed that I have no real parish life (I live in France and proselytism to continuing Anglicanism is rather dimly … Continue reading →

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The Eschatological Quest

Posted on Saturday, 7 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had not read Fr Jonathan Munn’s article Etymological Episcopalian Eschatology? when I wrote my piece this morning around the theme of monastic spirituality. We have already arrived at the second Sunday of Advent, well, almost. This “little Lent” is … Continue reading →

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Jansenism Revisited

Posted on Monday, 11 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Interest is being expressed in the background, so here’s my old article Jansenism about a fascinating variation of St Augustine of Hippo’s teaching on free will, grace and related subjects. The unique character of Jansenism resides in its not being … Continue reading →

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Calvinism

Posted on Monday, 11 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some time ago, I set up a Classical Anglican Blow-Out Department for the discussion of matters relating to the cohabitation of Anglo-Catholics of various “tendencies” and those Anglicans who remain attached to the tenets of the Reformation, the Thirty-Nine Articles and … Continue reading →

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Article by Fr Jonathan Munn

Posted on Saturday, 28 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Creeping Calvinism and Ambiguous Anglicanism Fr Jonathan Munn has just written this article in which he contends that man isn’t totally depraved. I won’t go into all the theology of it, the various theories of grace and sin from Saint … Continue reading →

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The Liturgy Matters

Posted on Tuesday, 3 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often hear (or read) it said that the problem of contemporary Christianity – its inexorable passing into history – is its failure to be dogmatic and doctrinal. Others suggest we are too affluent – and that a good war … Continue reading →

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