Difficult Council Debates Highlight Medieval Church Authority
The passage argues that ecclesiastical assemblies often served secular power and failed to uphold dignity or freedom. It cites Constantine’s influence at Nicæa and Nazianzen’s warning that bishops’ councils rarely produced good results, pressing private judgment as Rome’s true bulwark against papal power.
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Nicwa
Constantine
Gregory Nazianzen
Lord Crawford
Rome
World of Anecdote and Irish Land Question Review
A review notes The World of Anecdote by Edwin Paxton Hoop as rich and bulky with varied chapters. It also discusses Letters on the Land Question in Ireland by William O Connor Morris, praising its clarity and proposed tenant rights tribunals and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Paxton Hoop
London
Hodder and Stoughton
Ireland
William O'Connor Morris
Longmans, Green and Co
Times
Morris
Mr. Bright
Madagascar
Wa. Exits
John Snow
Ellis
Murray
Matthew Arnold
Candlish
Birks
Union of Church and State
Free Church
France
William Hamilton
Westminster Review
Westminster
J. B. Robertson
Lord Clarendon
China
W. F. Rae
Tribute Essays Honor American Cause in England
A restrained document praises the American claim to justice in England, outlining mutual respect and shared values. The piece emphasizes lawful pursuit of rights, diplomacy, and peaceful cooperation amid transatlantic tensions.
Beehive to Cut Price and Seek Working Class Support
The Beehive, ten years old as a trades union paper, will drop to a penny weekly with backing from many working class leaders. The consulting committee lists George Odger Howell Applegarth and others tied to Commonwealth, though Rev. H. Solly and Mr. Potter lead the venture. The Commonwealth ended two years ago, and doubts arise over democratic control undermining its success.
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Working -En
Beehive
George Odger
Howell
Applegarth
Commonwealth
H. Solly
Potter
Ireland Press Reports Widespread Threats and Agrarian Tensions
Reports from Mayo to Cork describe rising intimidation including severe threats to land workers, dismissals over writers' identities, and riots. Tippearary and Kerry see estate clashes, magistrates shot at, and rent collection tensions. Demonstrations in Ulster support tenant rights, while a deputation seeks railway nationalization. A Freeman's Journal note claims O Donavan Rossa faced corporal punishment.
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County
Mayo
Tottenham
County Westmeath
Tipperary
Bradshaw
Kerry
Spike Island
Cork
Lurgan
Madden
Ulster
Earl Spencer
Dublin
44Th Regiment
Enniskillen
God Save
Toom
Antrim
Down
Londonderry
Ireland
National Treasury
Freeman
Carriage Crash Kills Two Ladies at Castle Hedington
Report of a fatal carriage accident in Suffolk near Castle Hedington where a horse spooked by a marching band ran into a shop. Two women inside were thrown from the vehicle. one died at the scene and the other died en route to East Suffolk Hospital.
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Castle Hedington
Suffolk
East Suffolk Hospital
Morfa Collery
Port Talbot
South Wales
Messrs
Vivian
Thorncliffe
Barnsley
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