Debates on Royal Prerogative in Nonconformist Issue
A reader comments on the Nonconformist piece More Last Words, arguing the Queen alone holds the prerogative to confer titles and opposing foreign powers in church matters. The letter denounces pretended distinctions and urges Protestant unity to defend the realm, dated December 19, 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hall
St. Andrews
Glasow
Rome
Ireland
Robert Peel
John Russell
England
Tam
J. P. Marsell
Pope and State Church Clash in a Dissenting Letter
A blistering letter to the editor assigns blame to Rome and the Papacy in Britain’s religious politics. The writer condemns Popery as a danger to English liberty, warns against state church influence, and bids the editor abandon conciliatory talk toward Rome while invoking historical figures and threats of Inquisition. James The Lzss signs with fierce rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miall
Europe
Anti-corn-law League
Rome
Lord Ashley
Lydia
St. Barnabas’s
St. Paul’s
St. Peter’s
England
Apostle
Ganges
Paul
Dr. Wiseman
Duke of Norfolk
Lord Beaumont
Inquisition
Liberty
James the Lzss
Debate over Roman Episcopacy stir in county continues
A letter discusses the revival of Romish Episcopacy in the county and its political reverberations. It notes general English distaste for Romanism, laments Dissenters aligning with the State Church against new bishops, and hints at Parliament’s upcoming actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romish
Plan for Bible printing freedom urged by Dissenters
In a London letter dated 2 December 1850 a dissenter urges reform to end the royal patent on Bible printing. He argues abolition of the print monopoly would flood England with Scriptures, weaken Papal influence, and prompt petitions to Queen Victoria or Parliament for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Her
England
Atdissenter
Distinguishing Bishops as Office, Not Honor in Papal Aggression Debate
Philip Grosser argues that bishops are offices with church function rather than titles of honor and that state church authority taints the role. He contends dissenters should not act against state mediation of religion and compares rival denominations to town missionaries. Edinburgh December 20, 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Giles
Bethnal Green
Philip Groser
Letter to the Editor on Popery and state policy
A reader defends Nonconformist propriety against perceived government favoritism toward Roman Catholics. The letter argues Britain should expel Jesuits, end funding for Catholic bishops abroad, and prohibit convents to avoid persecution of Catholicism, urging stronger separation of church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Ireland
England
United Kingdom
British Dominions
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