Abolition of Patronage and Church Reform Debate
The article surveys calls to end patronage as a path to strengthen the Establishment, noting Archbishopric reform aims and potential disestablishment waves in Scotland. It cites debates over burial rights, translation revision, and Sierra Leone’s wind of concurrent endowment amid colonial finance disputes. The piece highlights resolve to resist secular power in church affairs and questions the cost to dissenting bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Scotland
McLeod
Glasgow
Glasgow Journal
Italy
Europe
House of Commons
The
Guardian
J. H. Blunt
Revision Committee
Blunt
Sierra Leone
Ireland
Jamaica
Bahamas
Church Missionary Society
Legislative Council
Heddle
Church of England
Freetown
Liberation Society Triennial Conference and Parish Movements
Reports on the Liberation Society as it calls for a council meeting in London on February 16 to decide the Triennial Conference structure. The conference is likely set for May 2–3, with updates anticipated from Parliament. Also covered are free church agitation in Shaftesbury and a Bradford lecture on Civil Government and church-state union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liberator
Dorsetshire
Miall
Shaftesbury
Church of England
Bradford
W. Best
Leeds
Union of
Church and State
House of Commons
Best
Wood
Disestablishment Debate and Theocratic Contention
A meeting debated state church power with references to Puritan persecutions and Old Testament governance. Mr Best argued the Jewish dispensation was a theocracy, not a church-state union, while Rev George W Conder urged religious liberty and disestablishment. A second gathering endorsed disestablishment across the kingdom with thanks to speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolgon
Best
J. Gourlay
Mr. Lee
Jamaica
Her
Cotenestter
George W. Conder
J. Harnard
T. Batty
E. Spurrier
K. Miller
Messrs
T. Catchpool
J. Kent
Daniell
J. Wicks
Sen
Jun
T. W. Wicks
J. Hulme
H. Thompson
T. Barrett
W. Barrett
Working Men’s Liberal Association
Edward Miall
Church of England
Disestablishment Motion Prompts Nonconformist Delegation
A deputation from all town denominations visited MP Mr Bolckow to back Mr Miall’s plan for disestablishing the Church of England. They argued the church is not the nation’s church, urging severance from the state to end privileged status and redirect millions in state funds to national needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Middlesbro
Bolckow
M.P
Miall
J. Chadburn
W. H. Prnter
Church of
Hogland
Mr. Botexow
CuapBuga
Hopson
Rosinson
United Kingdom
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Liberation Society
Barrett
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