Max Muller Lecture Sparks Debate at Westminster Abbey
A lecture by professor Max Muller in Westminster Abbey during a Day of Intercession prompts debate over lay speakers in sacred spaces. The Times and Church Herald question legality while clerics defend traditional limits, signaling growing lay pressure to loosen ecclesiastical monopolies.
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St. Paul’s
Westminster Abbey
Exeter
St. James’s
Max Muller
Heber
Greenland
Church of England
Westminster
Miller
England
Papal Encyclical Criticizes German Policy and Italian Turmoil
The pope denounces grave wrongs against the Catholic Church by the Prussian government and laments Rome's woes amid Italian unrest. He asserts the German Empire bears responsibility for current strife while noting revolts in Swiss cantons and the church’s mourning state.
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Times of
Pius
Rome
Italy
Switzerland
Holy Church of Christ
Germany
Pope’s Encyclical and Anglican Reply Shaped by Liberty Debates
The article reviews the papal encyclical denouncing German ultramontane forces and excommunicating Old Catholics led by Bishop Reinkens, noting rising anti Catholic sentiment in America. It then covers Archbishop of York’s remarks on the Liberation Society and church state questions, and a Swanmore Isle of Wight discussion on tithes and church finances.
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Reinkens
America
Rome
England
York
Liberation Society
Oddfellows’ Hall
Middlesbro
Church of England
Downing Street
Christendom
English Church Union
Swanmore
Isle of Wight
Church Review
W. A. Glynn
Glynn
Jesus Christ
Ecclesiastics