Tag Archives: Theology

Pristinos dies?

Posted on Thursday, 11 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The title comes from the Vulgate version of Hebrews x.32: Rememoramini autem pristinos dies in quibus inluminati magnum certamen sustinuistis passionum But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings This … Continue reading →

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Mystical Aestheticism

Posted on Wednesday, 10 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I come to a subject that is quite related to some other posts I have written on Romanticism and “neo-medievalism” in the nineteenth century and up to the outbreak of World War I. This term is coined by Embryo Parson … Continue reading →

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Catholicism as a Mystery Religion

Posted on Sunday, 7 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Many atheists accuse Christians of having plagiarised the ancient Egyptian mystery religions. They gleefully affirm that the legendary Horus was born of a virgin and rose from the dead. They infer from this that Jesus was a fraud, make-believe, never … Continue reading →

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A fine piece by Fr Robert Hart on the Trinity

Posted on Monday, 27 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Trinity Sunday I draw your attention to his passage on the Iconoclasts … … since there have been iconoclasts other than the Mohammedans. The Fathers who gathered for the second Council of Nicea knew that the heresy of the Iconoclasts … Continue reading →

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And the House was Filled with Smoke

Posted on Saturday, 25 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am more used to the St John’s College Cambridge version, but this one is rather good. The text contains some of the best from the Prophet Isaiah (vi.1-4). The second stanza is the 3rd verse of Ave, colenda Trinitas, … Continue reading →

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Soteriology

Posted on Friday, 17 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have felt a little “low” these past few days, but I know that we all have to make progress in both our service to our Churches and our own intimate spiritual lives in whatever way we live them. The … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Ressourcement Theology

Posted on Tuesday, 23 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m reposting something from my defunct English Catholic blog, which I see as particularly useful. Like the medieval Church when the fragmentation was as yet latent with the Lollards and the early Reformers, much of the problem was being caught … Continue reading →

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Conciliarism

Posted on Saturday, 20 April, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have already brought up the subject of Conciliarism in Old Catholic Ecclesiology and Northern Catholicism. Conciliarism was a reforming movement in the European Church from about the fourteenth century. It promoted the view that the highest authority in the Church is … Continue reading →

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Rigorism,Tutiorism and Probabilism

Posted on Tuesday, 19 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wrote this article in the defunct English Catholic blog. At the time, I was concerned for matters which are of no relevance today. Simply, I thought it would be of interest in light of the fact we have a … Continue reading →

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Quid est Veritas?

Posted on Saturday, 24 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We have read it in the Gospel, heard it in church during Holy Week, and some of us have seen the Mel Gibson film. What is truth? In Thomist philosophy, the truth is something outside ourselves, and seizing the truth … Continue reading →

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