Debate Over Church Tests Sparks Broad Church Clash
At a Sion College conference, clergy and laity clash over subscription to the Thirty Nine Articles. Debates stress openness, ecclesiastical unity, and the balance between authority and freedom amid calls to abolish tests. The Solicitor General warns a national church must broaden or yield.
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Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Church of England
Westminster
Ile
House of Commons
House of Lords
Charles II
John Coleridge
Cambridge
Ely
Clark
Colenso
Stanley
Dean Stanley
Sion College
Dumphrey
St. Martin's
Strand
Humphrey
Llewelyn Davies
Marylebone
Pearson
Hobhouse
Irish Disestablished Churches Decide on Commutation
In Belfast a division within the Presbyterian General Assembly confirms support for ministers' commutation and a sustentation fund funded by state bonuses. The move signals likely completion of commutation in both churches before year end, with strong speeches by Thomas Sinclair and broad belief among ministers and elders that non supporters are in a minority.
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Ireland
Supreme Court
Presbyterian General Assembly
Belfast
Thomas Sinclair
General Assembly
Derry
Trish
Gladstone
Ministers of Assembly
Regium Donum Commutation Adopted in Ulster
Gladstone pledged to inform the Irish Church Commissioners and avoid placing the Regium Donum on the next Parliament's estimates. The Chief Secretary signaled it would not be listed again, promising regular payment from the Treasury once ministers aligned with the Commissioners. The Ulster response is largely welcoming with praise for Moderator Smyth and others, highlighting unity and generosity among poorer rural clergy.
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Gladstone
Ireland
Treasury
Presbyterian General Assembly
Professor Smyth
C. Morell
Ulster
Wazg
Plan of commutation for Presbyterian Church ministers adopted
The General Assembly approved the commutation plan to replace Legium Donum with a 100 a year income for each minister, funded by a commutation fund and a sustentation fund aimed at 50,000 a year. Trustees will manage assets, actuary reports, and ministers commuting receive their annuity from interest first.
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General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Cons
General Synod
Daily Express
Banquet Honours Archbishop Lycurgus in Westminster Abbey
A Tuesday banquet in the Jerusalem Chamber Westminster Abbey celebrated Archbishop Lycurgus of Syra and Penos. Attending were the Greek Minister, Bishops of London Rochester Ely Columbo and Glasgow, Lord Elgin, Mr Crawford M P, Sir R K Phillimore, Mr Mavrocordato, and other officials. The Dean of Westminster delivered a proposal before the gathering.
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Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Lycurgus
Syra
Penos
Durty
London
Rochester
Ely
Columbo
Glasgow
Lord Elgin
Crawford
M.P
RK. Phillimore
Mavrocordato
Westminster
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