Winterbotham Letter Defends Conviction Over Consistency
A January 1871 letter from Henry Winterbotham defends following conscience over party lines in education reform. He praises clergy for educating the poor, argues against disestablishment with impact, and insists on truth over political convenience despite early Stroud positions. He warns against timing Miall's motion and urges careful judgment in a public crisis.
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Stroud
Liberation Society
Miall
House of Commons
Henry Winterbotham
Sequestration of Livings in the Establishment
A clergyman criticizes church law as unjust, detailing the Whitchurch Canonicorum living and attached chapeleries led by a bishop. It alleges misuse of tithes, sequestration, curates paid meagerly, and neglect of church repairs and day schools amid disputed appointments. The report spans Whitchurch Marshwood Chidcock and Stanton St Gabriel’s, with broader clerical appointments and church governance notes.
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Salisbury
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Marshwood
Chidcock
Stanton St. Gabriel's
Dornet
Whitchurch
Fieh Pond
Denison
Whitchurch-Canonicorum
Plight of Parish Incumbents and Church-Spending Critique
The piece laments non resident incumbents and indebted livings in the Salisbury district. It questions bishop powers to enforce residence and cites collector visits diverting funds from church repairs and schools. Readers are urged to unite Englishmen to separate church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton St. Gabriel's
Salisbury
Church of England
Papal Power in Elections Calls Catholics to Ally with Reform
The article outlines a doctrine urging Catholics to prioritize papal independence of the Church in all elections and political moves, even aligning with revolutionists when advantageous. It notes Belgian delegates visiting Rome with a 200,000 franc gift and reports Father Hyacinthe's appeal for reform addressing ultramontanism and clerical celibacy, liberty of conscience, and openness of scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Father Hyacinthe
Seventeenth Annual Meeting Of English Congregational Chapel Building Society
The English Congregational Chapel Building Society held its seventeenth annual meeting at Craven Chapel London chaired by Rev. R. D. Wilson. The report notes aims to aid provinces with provincial management and a London head office, stressing grants and loans over direct financial aid.
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English Congregational Chapel- Building Society
Craven Chapel
London
R. D. Wilson
Wilson
J. C. Gattaway
A.M
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Canterbury
R. Payne Smith
Christchurch
Oxford
J. B. Mozley
Old Shoreham
Worcester
Gladstone
Mozley
Magdalene College
Bampton
Miller
Greenwich
Lord Acton
Kidderminster
Italy
Europe
Holy See
Cuurca
Ireland
Church of Ireland
Dublin
Down
Derry
Western Morning News
St. Andrews
Wordsworth
Perth
Congregational Chapel-Building Societies
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