Pusey and the Church Reform Debate Across Dissent and University
The article discusses strain within the Church over ritualists and lay preaching, urging broader lay leadership in Baptists and Methodists. It cites Pusey’s stance on secularisation and urges unity among Christians across Catholic, Puritan, Presbyterian, and Methodist bodies to teach the young and ease theological divides.
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Freeman
Methodist New Connexion
Primitive Methodists
Bible Christians
United Free Churches
The
Baptists
Dr Pusey Foresights Revolutions in Church Status
Dr Pusey writes to the Times to explain his view on disestablishment and its timing. He warns that Coleridge’s bill could promote secularisation and equal endowment, making the Church property reallocated for education and religious bodies alike.
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Pusey
the Times
Wesleyan Conference
Mr. Coleridge
Dr. Pusey
Coleridge
Church of England
A Curate's Story and Church News Reflections
The piece recounts Rev W J Shearley of Christ Church Henton near Wells and his Hampstead gate-visit denial by the bishop’s household. It notes gifts to the Irish Church Defence Fund and hints at clerical moves, ordinations, and church matters including the Peterborough bishopric and Dr Atlay. It closes with brief notes on religious commentary and obituaries.
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W. J. Shearley
Christ Church
Henton
Wells
Cheshire
Wookey
Shearley
Queensquare
Westminster
Duke of Portland
Irish Church Defence Fund
Church Institution
W. E. Gladstone
John Bull
Winchester
St. Mary the Less, Lambeth
R. Gregory
Peterborough
Oxford
Atlay
Hereford
Cambridge
Goulburn
Norwich
Larry
Rock
M. H. Higgins
Jacob Omnium
Hull
North-Eastern Company
Manchester
Sheffield
Lincolnshire
Murphy
Antrim
Thomas Cooke French
Millicent
Naas
Eliza Lewis
John Rugg Lewis
Woottonunder-Edge
Gloucester
William Buckley
Ashton-under-Lyne
London Missionary Society
India
British and Foreign Bible Society
Religious Tract Society
Home Missionary Society
Irish Evangelical Society
J. Stirling Coyne
Irish Churcu Commission
Church Commission
Dublin
Dublin Evening Mail
Who Times
Tun
Cinmisteriversox
Bedford Chapel
Bloomsbury
London
Clergymen Bemoan Nepotism in Church Promotions
The English Independent laments church nepotism after a Wells Diocese decision denies veteran curate Mr Shearley a long awaited vacancy. The bishop cites other plans as a nephew receives the living of Wookey, while two other long serving men miss resident promotions to younger nonresidents.
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Shearley
Stuart
Aruckland
Batu
Wets
Mr. Shearley
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Bennett
Frome
Brighton
France
Germany
Times
Wesleyans
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