Debates on Baptism Practice and Church Discipline
Nine years of baptisms in the diocese prompt talk of an adult baptistery but the London bishop opposes rapid change. The debate moves through canons, rubrics, bishops’ opinions, and a contested Convocation revival, ending with calls to recognize diversity of practice while questioning Anglican Protestant identity.
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London
Hereford
St. David’s
Peterborough
Committee On Rubrics
Archdeacon Denison
Canon Miller
Church of England
Liberation Society
Disestablishment Movement Conference in Plymouth
A Devonshire Liberation Society conference met April 13 in Plymouth with Mr Peter Adams presiding and a deputation from the parent society. A large committee was formed, local agents appointed, sections planned, and tracts to be distributed. A public meeting followed praising disestablishment and arguing state church separation would improve religious equality and national reforms.
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Devonshire Friends of the Liberation Society
George Hotel
Plymouth
Peter Adams
D. Li. Bevan
Jno. Fisher
Friends
Mechanics’ Institute
J. M. Charlton
Church of England
T. Nicholson
Bevan
Tottenham Court-Road Chapel
London
England
Episcopal Church
Wales
Thirlwall
St. David’s
Fisher
The
Liberation Society
House of Commons