Anglican Controversy Over Confirmation and Church Establishment
A critical reflection on Anglican practice and doctrine surrounding Eucharist confirmation, the Archbishops stance toward Nonconformists, and the disestablishment debates in England and Ireland. The piece cites Bishop Moberly and the Salisbury charge, questions the Education Act’s impact, and recounts a libel case involving Mr Williams and an Accrington school letter.
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Carter
Vance Smith
Church of England
Salisbury
Church of Ireland
Moberly
United Church of
England
Ireland
Oxford
Buckingham
Berks
Burnley School Case Reported At Lancashire Assizes
The case centers on the Burnley St. Andrew's National School where the vicar and a committee accuse a Baptist minister of libel for forwarding letters accusing mismanagement. Letters allege false wage figures, forged registers, and improper staffing around inspections, with calls for investigation and disestablishment of Church and State.
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Lancashire Assizes
St. Andrew's
Burnley
Sutcliffe
Liberation Society
W. E. Forster
M.P
Council
St. Andrew's School
Comerouad
Accrington Letter Case Ends With Apology Acceptance
In a Lancashire matter, communications forwarded to Mr Forster prompted an inspector who found the charges groundless. The defendant, urged by counsel on privilege grounds, ultimately apologized for forwarding the letters and expressed regret or disbelief in their contents.
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Oxford
Coluin
Charles Williams
Accrington
Williams
Committee of Council On Education
England
Forster
The
Liberation Society
Ian
Charles, Williams
Lancashire
Sutcliffe
Archbishops Tait and Chalmers in Church Reform Debate
The Greenock Daily Telegraph remarks on James Dodds critique of Thomas Chalmers and Archbibshop Tait. It notes Chalmers valued the church as a philanthropy for people’s instruction and consolation, while Tait’s public utterances appear more favorable to clergy interests than to lay rights, citing a memorial letter and Tait's reply approving the current state despite Romish influences.
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Greenock Daily Telegraph
James Dodds
Thomas Chalmers
Canterbury
Qchalmers
Thaster
Tait
Chalmers
Dr. Tait
Free Church
House of Lords
Lord Dalhousie
Spréd
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Robinson M. Williams
Joan Fouxps
Colne Road
Aime
Archbishop Tait
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