Broken English as a fitting bishops topic in new Catholic era
The writer argues against English clergy rule clashing with Latin nations. The rise of Cardinal Newman signals Rome may welcome educated converts. Anglicans fear papist doctors and ritual reforms while Irish priests favor trained pastors, hinting at potential Propaganda action against Cardinal Manning influence.
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England
Dublin Review
Cardinal Newman
Rome
Durham
Oxford
Jackson
Bickersteth
Father Suffield
Verts
St. Alban’s
Holborn
St. Peter’s
London Docks
Cardinal Manning
Ecclesiastical Affairs in France Senate Debates and Divides
The French Chamber cut episcopal stipends by 5,000 francs each in a 184 to 133 vote while refusing to erase 55,000 francs for new cardinals installations. Other measures passed and failed include aid increases for 2,000 aged priests, protests over cathedral choir funding, and a split over education policy with Jules Ferry clashing with the Right. A Senate scene over training colleges for schoolmistresses ended with Ferry defending certificated teachers and the bill passing.
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Jules Simon
Republic
Senate
M. Chesnelong
M. Jules Ferry
M. de Kerdrel
M. Ferry
M. Chesneclong
MM. Louis Blanc
Clémenceau
Naquet
Sixtreme Left
Proposal for Concordat repeal and church subsidies end
A proposal calls for repealing the Concordat and ceasing all ecclesiastical subsidies arguing that belief and unbelief should stand on perfect equality. The plan urges secular equality across all forms of faith or non belief.
Burharts Question and Church Reform Debates
In the House of Commons Mr Osborne Morgan proposes a burial law amendment in the next session. A contemporary discusses diminishing church ministry candidates amid doctrinal disputes. A New York letter notes large charitable bequests by William Sloane, including 28,000 to eleven institutions and 4,000 to the pastor, with other gifts to missions and societies. Clerical resistance to Board schools wanes but persists in parts of the Church, prompting calls for cooperation. Stratford memorials mark Protestant martyrs with Lord Shaftesbury presiding and a 1,000 fund drive. 180 more pounds are needed to complete the monument at St John’s.
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House of Commons
Osborne Morgan
Church of England
America
New York
William Sloane
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions
Presbyterian Board of Church Sustentation
Presbyterian Board of Church Extension
Presbyterian Ministerial Relief Association
Presbyterian Home For
The
American Sunday School Union
New York Tract Society
Seamen’s Friend Society
St. Andrew’s Society
New York Bible Society
Corerny
Board
Llandaff
New Bears
Cardiff
Vaughan
Stratword
St. John’s Church
Broadway
Stratford
Lord Shaftesbury
J. Newman
Messrs
Lord Shaftesbury on Faith, Liberty, and the Bible Memorial
Lord Shaftesbury addressed a large audience to honor martyrs and stressed that the Bible, not ecclesiastical authority, safeguards English liberty. He argued the Church of Rome is unchangeable and contrasted it with lay Catholics following conscience. The crowd applauded as proceedings ended and the crowd dispersed.
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Lord Shaftesbury
Rome
Nonconformist Vote Wins Amid Parish Bias at Berk shire School Board
A Berk shire School Board meeting to elect an infant-school mistress exposed religious bias. The vicar pressed for Anglican candidates, the vice-chairman defended fairness, and the Nonconformist candidate won with all board members’ votes except the chairman who denounced the vice-chairman for ruling the parish.
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Berkshire
Church of England
Tite
A Lament From Ireland To the Editor of the Nonconformist
A letter writer pleads for help to aid Ireland's poor and questions whether philanthropic acts truly uplift the masses or merely keep them from rising. The author notes London's efforts failing to reach all and asks for ideas to spread relief beyond charity's limited reach.
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Sim
Ireland
London
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