Contention Over Dissent and Church Authority in Truro
J Guinness Rogers argues against claims that Bishop Benson sought to suppress Dissent and defends a National Church from Erastian control. He notes misreadings of Bright and urges preserving church independence while criticizing Parliament’s Public Worship Regulation Act and secularization fears.
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Mr. Bright
Curteis
Bright
Truro
Diocese of
Oxford and
Cambridge Crutergraduates
A. LP. Mason
Trinity College
St. Michael’s
England
Canon Curteis
Reply of Canon Curteis to the Nonconformist Editor
Canon Curteis argues against Mr. Rogers that state ownership of church property is unnecessary and unreasonable. He cites Reform, continuity, and parliamentary action to show Anglican shifts did not transfer stock and rights to the state. He warns against confiscation of church assets and defends historic church autonomy within legal framework.
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Canon Curteis
Rogers
Anglican Church
Coleridge
Commonsense
Christ
Mr. Bright
Birmingham
George Fox
Mr. Cramp
All Baptista
New Eng
Land
Skeats
Green
Hanbury
Cromwell
Dale
John Wesley
Ritchie
Mill-yard
London
England
Wesley
His Majesty’s High
Rome
Islington
America
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Episcopal Church
Holy Catholic Church
Erastians
J. Guinness Rogers
Clapham