Pious Ancestor and Church Funding Debate Revisited
A Lancashire correspondent deflates the idea of a distinct pious ancestor behind church wealth. Felix traces church building acts and grants, showing widespread parliamentary support and spending across towns like Ashton Blackburn Bolton Chorley Darwen and Manchester, arguing the church’s funds arise from state-backed projects. The article notes local defenders’ claims and the ongoing tension over church establishment versus voluntary gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Lancashire
Preston Guardian
Felix
England
Elizabeth
Magland
Queen Victoria
Telix
Ashton
Blackburn
Bolton
Chorley
Darwen
Farnworth
Hulme
Horwich
St. George’s
Liverpool
St. Matthew’s
Manchester
Prestwich
Salford
Church of England
Scottish Church notes on rain famine and church trials
The piece surveys ongoing distress in Scotland with rain and crop losses, coal disputes, and famine cries from India. It reports on the Presbyterian Council in Edinburgh, hints at potential church disestablishment bills, and notes debates over ecclesiastical authority and confession practices involving Anglican leaders and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Virgil
India
Presbyterian Council
Edinburgh
America
Australia
Church of Scotland
Tulloch
Caird
Phin
Charteris
Adams
Stuart Robinson
M.cash
Hall
Professor Smith
Marcus Dods
Fergus Fergusson
Glasgow
The
Scotsman
Cooper
Scottish Liberation Society
Cowan
Saltaire
Priest in Absolution Letter to Archbishops and Bishops
A forwarded address from memorialists to the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Church of England bishops is presented by Lord Abergavenny. The document is signed by lay members of the church seeking formal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Church of England
the Holy Cross
Duke of Westminster
Earls of
Shaftesbury and
Harrowby
Lord Redesdale
Lord Ebury
Lord Dudley
Addington Park
Province of Canterbury
House of Lords
Lord Abergavenny
Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of
Ritualism clash at St John the EvangelistHammersmith
Sixty two male and seventy five female lay communicants petition the Bishop of London over the vicar’s decision to end altar lights and vestments after the Ridsdale v Clifton ruling. They urge repeal of the Public Worship Regulation Act and freedom to interpret rubrics in church courts. The Bishop replies from Fulham Palace, deferring discussion and noting differences with his parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Hammersmith
London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Ridsdale
Judicial Committee
Kirk of
Scotland
Court of Appeal
Fulham Palace
Rome
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