Ecclesiastical notes on disendowment and Establishment debates
The piece surveys rapid public shift on church funding and state ties. It cites the Rochester bishop’s stance on endowment, Bellew’s sermon, and Ritualist views. It reviews reactions from Church Times, Church Review, and Irish church questions, predicting rising disendowment sentiment and opposition to Disraeli’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Stillhenapa
Bellew
Disraeli
Church Times
Church Commission
England
Scotland
The
Whalley
Trish Church
Church Party
Low Church Party
Liberation Society
Dissenter Identity Remains Juxtaposed With Class
The passage critiques a political culture described as liberal yet narrow, shaped by Puritan influences and social restraint. It notes tension with working-class sympathies, and how middle-class refinement and education pull away from the Dinconting system, leaving the question of who can truly be a Dissenter.
Ecclesiastical Measures Before Parliament Summary
Ecclesiastical measures before Parliament include Gladstones Compulsory Church-rates Abolition Bill in the Lords, Earl Russells postponed second reading to April 28, Hadfields site-granting bill in Commons committee on April 21, Burials Ireland Bill for second reading April 22, Duncan McLarens Canongate Annuity Tax Bill, Irish Church resolutions committee April 27, Oxford and Cambridge Bill May 13 facing strong opposition led by Mr Walpole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
House of Lords
Earl Russell
Commons
Hadfield
Ireland
Duncan McLaren
Oxford and
Cambridge
Coleridge
Bouverie
Walpole
Irish Church Agitation Spurs Disestablishment Calls
At Market Harborough a large meeting backed disestablishment of the Irish Church and resumption of state funds. A second gathering in Macos FrieLp supported Gladstone and Liberal efforts to disendow the Irish Church, with Lyulph Stanley urging rapid disestablishment and removal of its political power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Harborough
James Mursell
Kettering
J. Nunneley
W. Clarkson
E. Hipwood
M. Braithwaite
Park Green
National Reform Union
England
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Ecclesiastical Notes
Mr. Jisraeli
John
Church Review
Mr. Disraeli
Gladstone
Church of Ireland
Bright
Derby
Wales
Church of England
House of Commons
Evangelist
Dublin Evening Post
Hibernian Wesleyan Missionary Meeting
Metropolitan Hall
James Tobias
Wesleyan Conference
Priestley
Globe
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