Anti State Church Debate Highlights Tyranny of Clerical Power
The article chronicles a heated debate on state church power, accusing Protestant authorities of cruel suppression and urging resistance. It cites speakers Kingsley and Burnet, praises the Willingham Reading Society, and notes vibrant meetings in Daventry and Willingham with strong attendance and public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner
Gardiner
Whitgift
Laud
Times
Brighton
Braintree
Mark
Anti state church movement meeting in Northampton
A Northampton soirée linked to the British Anti state church Association was held at New Hall and well attended. A deputation from London including the Rev J Burnet and John Kingsley, Esq., spoke with the chair occupied by a local official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Perry, Jun
J. T. Brown
James Powell
Joseph Brown
T. T. Gough
T. Thorpe
T. Brooks
Nathaniel Hawkes
J. Campion
Francis Wheeler
J. Litchfield
T. Hewitt
J. Ashford
George Ashmead
J. P. Haddy
T. Marriott
H. Angus
J. Larwill
J. Whittemore
T. Underwood
J. Kightley
J. Latchmore
P. P. Perry
E.latchmore
J. Rice
George Moore
Messrs
Kingsley and Burnet
G. Ashmead
N. Hawkes
J. P. Campbell
Daventry
Anti-state Church Association
J. Burnet
Kingsley
London
T. O. Gery
Burnet
Witlineham
Willingham Baptist Chapel
Josiah Smith
Smith
Raynor Blinkhorne
Asplen
Ingle
R. Blinkhorne
Willingham Reading Society
NortHampton
New Hall
John Kingsley
Papal hierarchy in England stirs Suffolk meeting
A Suffolk county gathering, stirred by Protestant anger, debated papal influence and religious liberty. Proposals pressed tax-free church funding, expansion of church structures, and stronger church purification while clergy defended Rome and equality in faith.
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Stowmarket
Lord Rendlesham
M.P
Philip Broke
Mr. R.lacon
Eye
Welch
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C. P. Eyre
Roy
Ipswich
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M. Prentice
Rome
A. Johnson
Sims
Prentice
White
House of Commons
Hugh Stowell
Free-trade
Manchester
Salford
Popery
Brimstone
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