Welsh Burial Bill Eases Churchyard Use for All Faiths
The measure allows burial in churchyards for all religious bodies with notice rules for non Anglican services. It preserves existing fees, imposes penalties for indecency at services, and shares upkeep costs on the poor rate with Vestry approval. The second reading is set for Wednesday March 23.
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Wales
Osborne Morgan
Church of England
Pope and the First Two General Councils
A Syriac MS from about 500 AD in the British Museum shows Constantine summoning Nicaea without Papal titles or Rome’s direct authority. The list centers on Hosius and two papal representatives, while Alexandria and Antioch gain equal rank. Constantinople 381 met without Rome, which did not attend or approve it.
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British Museum
Constantine
Nicea
Bithynia
Rome
Hosius
Corduba
Alexandria
Antioch
Constantinople
Theodosius
Nectarius
Timothy
Dorotheus
Oxyrhyncus
Cyril
Jerusalem
Sozomen
Revision of the Scriptures Proposed by Convocation
The Upper House of Convocation votes to appoint a joint committee with the Northern Province to study a revision of the Authorised Version. The aim is to correct clear Hebrew or Greek textual errors and mistranslations in both Old and New Testaments, potentially affecting phrasing and doctrine, while avoiding undue divisions among Dissenters.
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Winchester
God
Church of England
Gloucester
Bristol
St. David’s
Vatican
Tregelles
St. Davin's
Church of St England
Opposing Revision of the Scriptures by Earl of Shaftesbury
The Earl of Shaftesbury as Bible Society president condemns proposed scripture revisions. He cites Bishop of St David’s remarks opposing changes, warns of a split Bible for Church, Dissenters, and international readers, and decries altering the Authorized Version.
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Luanparr
St. Davin’s
Cambridge
J. J. Perowne
St. David’s College
Llandaff Cathedral
Sauissary
Exeter
Earl of
Shaftesbury
The
Bible Society
St. David's
Episcopal Bench
United States of America