Dean Stanley versus disestablishment in Nonconformist critique
A critical letter to the Nonconformist repeats Erastian arguments for preserving the State Church. The piece argues Stanley overstates breadth and charity, notes the Church’s narrow exclusivity, and urges the Church to prove it is a true national institution beyond occasional liberalism. The Daily News sides against the Dean, insisting the Church must show national indispensability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Stanley
Deak
Daily News
Westminster
Church
Reading the Dean's Ideal on Church Control Provokes Laughter
The Manchester Weekly Examiner critiques the dean's favorable account of church governance arguing that laity are oppressed by Ritualism and doctrinal subordination. It muses that moving church authority from Parliament to Convocation would not help staunch disestablishment foes. The piece suggests Liberationists would applaud the dean's stance.
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Manchester
Church of England
Dean Stanley
Burial question looms as principal issue next session
Mr Morgan Lloyd M P spoke at Holyhead arguing the Buriala Bill should allow Dissenters to have burial ceremonies in churchyards. He urged equal rights for Dissenters, noting churches hold churchyards in trust for all parishioners and critiquing exclusive use of Establishment rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Lloyd
M.P
Holyhead
Osborne Morgan
Wrexham
FF. M. B
Daily News
Weybridge
Surrey
Abney Park
Burial law sparks cross parish protests and reform talk
Readers report tensions over burial rights as unbaptized and dissenters confront churchyard restrictions. A Milford case shows nonconformist rites outside parishes, while clergy debate a legal path toward shared or unconsecrated burial grounds. Discussions in Sudbury and Whit church deans urge relief via new acts or compliance norms.
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Milford
Surrey
J. Marshall
Godalming
Marshall
R. Y. Whytehead
Nunkeeling
Hornsea
Sudbury Rural Deanery
Melford Hospital
C. J. Martyn
Canon Molyneux
Alse
Rofessor Babington
Cambridge
Riddell
Lavenham
Whitchurch
Cerne Abbas
C. W. Bingham
Morgan
Archdeacon Allen
Shrevebury
the Times
Professor Plumptre
Beckley
The
Times
England
Controversy Over Graveyard Religious Services and Conscience Clause
The discussion centers on a proposed bill affecting graveyard religious services across denominations. Critics warn that granting broad ministerial powers could override established clergy and hours of Divine service, while supporters cite prior acts and the 1824 Act as a framework.
Mr R W Dale on Parish Churches and Ownership
An excerpt from Congregationalist discusses the nation’s claim to Church property and the implications of disendowment. It argues that church estates are national property tied to the state and national officers like rectors and doctors, and notes the long historical development of church establishment within English law.
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Dale
Phere
Liberation Society
Church of England
Church of
Hogland
Dr. Freeman
House of Commons
Richard Hooker
Edmund Burke
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