Church Disestablishment Debate Moves Toward Separation
A large meeting in a district with strong church influence debated disestablishment. Speakers urged religious equality and pledged to push the issue in county politics. A petition to Parliament supporting Mr Miall’s motion was signed by the chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Cooper
Primitive Methodist
E. Dodge
Philp
Baptist
C. .B. Rawlings
Wesleyan
J. Banwell
Bible Christian
Councillor Widgery
BL Dodge
Darcely
Devonshire Church Institution
Lingland
Sooland
Miall
A .A
R.d. C. Widgery
J. Janwell
Lecture on Disestablishment Sparks Greenwich Meeting
Canon Miller addressed a Greenwich lecture titled Why Not Churchman. Hutchinson argued against the Church’s state establishment citing oppression, persecution of Nonconformists, and clerical wealth, while critics questioned clerical salaries and revenues before a crowded audience on a cold evening.
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Curie
Hutchinsory
Eptford
Churchman
Hriday
Greenwich
Hutchinson
Canon Miller
Ias
Miller
Hoodes
Vasey
Jesus Christ
Lanspout
St. Paul’s
Church of England
Hear
Church Revenue Commissioners
Miall
Lansden
Public Men Debate Ecclesiastical Establishment in Burnley
Mr Shaw MP for Burnley spoke to a crowded Mechanical Institution audience on disestablishment of the Church of England. He warned a reformist course risks revolution, urged leaving church reform to the church itself, and recalled Miall motions and Irish precedent, while local officials backed a cautious stance.
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Shaw
Burnley
Mechanical Institution
J. Scott
Law
Miall
House of Commons
England
Miail
Church of England
St. Peter’s
Churches of
Ireland
Church of
Mr. Miail
Alderman Covulrate
Kay
Joan Massey
Society
Rochdale
Alderman Carter
M.F