Spectator clashes with Dissenting clergy over Broad Church bias
The letter-writers spar over airs system debates and Open versus Close Communion Baptists while criticizing Spectator coverage. The exchange questions High-Church versus Broad-Church loyalties and warns against partisan misreadings. A fable about Sir Launce Pity concludes the discourse.
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Baldwin Brown
Brown
Browns
Sancho Panza
Free Church of Scotland
Mr. Browns
the Spectator
Launce Pitie
Knight
Church property sales show buyer disinterest and concern
The piece critiques a church property auction where five advowsons were offered with little bids. Only Steyning sold, Handsworth and Ecclesfield drew zero offers while others drew private interest. The author frames the event as evidence of broader clergy and public indifference to church property values.
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Ofermoda
Messrs
Duke of Norfolk
Norfolk
Sir John Honywood
Charles Duke of Norfolk
Church of England
Handsworth
Sheffield
Hecclesfield
Ecclesfield
Bradfield
Ressingham
Ublin
St. Margaret's
Ilket' Shall
Bongay
Steyning
Shoreham
The Rev. Christopher Nevile and the Liberation Society
A letter to the Liberation Society secretary reveals Rev. Christopher Nevile’s support. He outlines two principles: no church under a non Christian state, and absolute equality of all individuals regardless of religious conviction, while stressing freedom of belief.
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Christopher Nevile
THE
Liberation Society
Morley
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Christian Knowledge Society
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Mr. Skinner
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Skinner
Houses of Lords and Commons
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Chancery
John Stuart
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Thoresby
Lady Huntingdon
Daily Telegraph
Mr. Gladstone
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