Papal Council Faces Infallibility Debate Amid Rome Dispatches
A Rome telegram notes opposition to declaring papal infallibility while the commission drafts wording. Irish bishops fear for church prerogatives, with Fenianism and relations to the Holy See fueling tension. French bishops split among Gallicans Ultramonitans and Differents as council vestments draw attention.
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Rome
Wolff
Limerick
Council
Father Lavelle
Lavelle
Holy See
Erimonds
Cardinial Barnabo
Gore
Brentould
Cahors and
Orleand
Bombohond
Capitnal Mathieu
Sita of
Pai
Times Roman
Religion in America seen through a clergyman traveler
The Rev. Harry Jones describes American religion in a Guardian letter. He notes Puritan influence, strong codes of piety, and a mix of church laws. He observes Episcopal exclusivity beside broad Protestant diversity and defines chapel use and church separation in the United States.
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Harry Jones
United States
Guardian
Ammericas
Ieee
Wien
Tibought
America
Profs Mene Christiana
Merica
Romiah
American religious life and church variety explored
An English observer notes how American Protestant groups mix and compete for influence, with congregational autonomy and little minority representation. He describes parish notions, wealth and class in worship, self built churches, and strong lay support for clergy, along with varied liturgical norms and robust public religion.
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England
America
Supreme Court
Epistopaliana
American Episcopal Church
Church
Church of England
Aimong
Hogland
Episcopal Church
Father Hyacinthe Lectures on Life and Charity at New York
The Academy of Music in New York hosted Father Hyacinthe for a charity lecture benefiting the French Benevolent Society. He spoke on the movement of life, defining life as a journey from departure to arrival powered by the heart, and argued charity as a practical element in a life governed by conscience. He urged that truth guides use of science toward humane ends.
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Academy of Music
New York
Father Hyacinthe
French Benevolent Society
Father Hyatinthe
Jesus
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Brooklyn
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Twentieth Street
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