Tag Archives: Theology

Another Kind of Traditionalism

Posted on Tuesday, 20 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Traditionalism seems to be one of the most polyvalent words I have ever come across, meaning so many different concepts. People of so many different and opposing ideas often call themselves traditionalists. I have just spent seven years as a … Continue reading →

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Splendid Article on Northern Ecclesiology

Posted on Saturday, 17 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

By Deacon Jonathan Munn of the ACC in the UK – Branching out of Yggdrasil. Our English and northern French culture is full of the old Norse mythology. It’s in our blood like the sea! Deacon Munn discusses the English … Continue reading →

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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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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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The King James Bible

Posted on Saturday, 6 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received another e-mail today with this request: A nice piece on the history and influence of the King James Bible of 1611? (…) The AV just celebrated its 400th anniversary which went surprisingly unnoticed in the media. Well, my … Continue reading →

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Teilhard du Chardin

Posted on Wednesday, 26 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a fine article from The Rose in the Cross – Teilhard and me.I’ll just pick out a couple of points, because I don’t want disputes about evolution and creationism. I also don’t want any discussions about politics. I do … Continue reading →

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An Adjusted View of Modernism

Posted on Friday, 7 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is truly a vast subject to which my attention had been drawn by traditionalist and conservative polemics. All, the same, it deserves attention on one of these one-day wonder blog postings. I took the trouble to read J. Lewis … Continue reading →

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Von Hügel and Tyrrell

Posted on Friday, 7 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to offer you this text by Canon A. L. Lilley which is a part of the Preface to M. D. Petre, Von Hügel and Tyrrell, the story of a friendship, London 1937. Some might wonder what this … Continue reading →

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Esoteric Christianity

Posted on Tuesday, 17 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For many years, I have accepted that there is an esoteric or “gnostic” * element of Christianity. Like anything, esoterism can be taken to excesses and balance is lost. There have to be two opposing forces like a sailing boat … Continue reading →

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