Church unity pledge carried at Alton meeting
The Rev Dr Frasier of Alton moved a motion urging churchmen to unite to sustain the church in its integrity and comprehensiveness. Mr W Touchstone briefly seconded the motion and the motion was carried unanimously, proceedings terminated.
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Frasier
Alton
W. Touchstone
Primate argues proximity to heathendom spurs mission work
Archbishop of Canterbury tells a Carlisle audience that modern travel and urban life bring heathen influence close to England. He cites London sights, the Temple, Oriental Home, and Chinaman’s shops to argue Christians must renew missionary effort to counter perceived secular and infidel trends. Skeptics dispute his numbers and charity.
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Canterbury
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Carlisle
London
Her
England
Temple
Temple of
Lincoln’s Inn
Mr. Dickens
China
Min
Cape Colony
Inne
B. Thakdy
India
Mill
Spencer
Darwin
Huxley
Civilisation and religion debate on moral progress
An article argues about whether nations can be civilised without embracing Christianity and critiques the Spectator and Saturday Review. It questions religious norms by comparing practices such as infanticide, treatment of women, and personal conscience across Mahomedanism Buddhism and Brahminism, while raising issues of drink and family mistreatment.
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Spectator
Saturday Review
B. Thakttr
The Athanasians Creed and Church Unity Debate
Lucerne letter argues the Filioque and Homéusion affect church unity. Pusey defends keeping the creeds exact and warns withdrawal would threaten England’s public faith. Correspondence frames tradition, truth, and potential schism within the Church of England.
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Lucerne
Pusey
The
Times
Spain
West
France
Church of England
Tercentenary of the Massacre of St Bartholomew
A lecture by Rev. Dr. Cumming at the Scotch National Church Covent Garden marks the tercentenary. He links the massacre to Rome and the Romish church and warns of renewed persecution while Dean Stanley reflects on intolerance and the current peace in England. Reports of possible Catholic retaliation in Ulster towns prompt troops in Drogheda.
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Cumming
Crown Court
Coventgarden
Rome
Admiral Coligny
Jerusalem
Gregory XIII
Pius V
Coligny
Pendlemat
Pius IX
Russia
Ireland
Prince Bismark
Dean Stanley
St. Andrew’s
Wr. A. K
Christendom
St. Bartholomew
Europe
Vatican
Papacy
France
Paris
England
St. Bartholomew’s Day
Church of
Ulster
Drogheda
Church and State in Prussia
Berlin correspondent reports Prince Bismarck studying the Papal election and drafting a plan for separating church from state across the German Empire. He would seek to consolidate Germany against the Papacy whether two rival Popes or a conclave chosen pope emerge, using factional Cardinal outcomes to his advantage.
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New York
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Prussia
Bismarck
Germany