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Controversy Over Education and Priestly Influence
The piece rebukes a Salford bishop for opposing secular education and portraying it as alien. It recalls past dissenters’ push for reform, laments a nationalist pilgrimage to France, and warns that sectarian schooling threatens England’s freedom from priestly power. It cites Joseph Lancaster and wary clergy, urging defense of nonsectarian public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lancaster
Church of England
Vaughan
France
Germany
Salford
England
Greece
Provence