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Clerical patronage and church livings debate echoes
A heated salon debate centers on how Anglican livings are allocated and bought, bishops’ influence, and the role of education and family ties. The rector and peers clash over appointments, wealth, and the true nature of a cure of souls as specimens of modern church patronage are weighed against merit and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainwaring
Mr. Surtees
Dr. Napper
Reginald Morton
John Morton
Church of England
The
Gentleman’s Magazine
McCarthy
Hepworth Dixon
Palestine
Mackay
Karl Blind
Oxford
Wilson
St. James's
Nicholas
O’shea
Mathew Arnold
Thomas Bayne
Baldwin Brown
Johnny Ludlow
Henry Wood
Leisure Hour
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe
Miss Bird
Australia
Mr. Hood
Smith
Frances Brown
Dr. Stoughton
Christie Redfern
Cassell
Allen
Farrar
Procter
George MacDonald
Forbes
Willam Armstrong
Bonar
Hardwicke
Gardeners
Congregationalist
Dale
Evangelical Magazine
H. R. Reynolds