The Rise and Fall of England’s State Church
James I and Thorold Rogers examine how the English Establishment emerged as a political instrument under Elizabeth and the Stuarts, its failure to win national consensus, and the contrasting paths of Scotland and Ireland as Presbyterians and Romanists rose in reaction to centralized power. The piece notes Parliament’s role, the High Commission, and the shift from religious to political control across the three kingdoms.
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Charles the Second
Elizabeth
Grindal
Aylmer
Whitgift
Bancroft
Laud
James
High Commission Court
Cartwright
Committee of Triers
Scotland
Ireland
Sweden
Gustavus Wasa
Philip 11
Jerdinand
Styria
Richelieu
Louis Alv
Montaigne
Caesar
England
James I
Thorold Rogers
Burials Question Debated in Parliament Over Churchyard Interments
The House discusses Mr. Osborne Morgan’s early day motion urging settlement of parish churchyard interments. Proposals differ on parishioner rights, ministerial service, and burial grounds, with amendments from Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Balfour to define permissible rites and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne Morgan
Lord Harrowby
Her
Morgan
Committee of Supply
House
Hubbard
Burial plots for churchyards clash with constitutional principle
Mr. Balfour argues for establishing two burial forms by public law separate from the State to favor the Church of England. He notes landowners granted plots for churchyards and questions Parliament’s willingness to sanction such arrangements, highlighting a constitutional division that many statesmen would repudiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Balfour
Church of
Ingland
Ecclesiastical Questions Probed Before Parliament
In the House of Commons debate looms on Ritualism with Edward Jenkins proposing a Royal Commission on February 5. J A Leatham to press the sale of livings, while government shelving keeps other private member bills alive including clerical disabilities and Divine Worship Facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Edward Jenkins
J. A. Leatham
Huddersfield
Home Secretary
Goldney
Wilbraham Egerton
Duncan M'‘Laren
Ireland
Mulholland
Bass
Mr. Knatchbull-I Tugessen
Sir T. Chambers
Queen’s Colleges
Gladstone on Papal Hierarchy Plan for Scotland
In a Hawarden letter dated the 11th, Mr. Gladstone questions prospects for a Scottish Catholic hierarchy and expresses satisfaction if plans are abandoned. The article also notes discussions on the St Sebastian League in London, mood on the Italian church, and ritual disputes in Bristol over St Raphael's practices and Convocation holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of St. Sebastian
London
George Bowyer
League
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Rome
House of Savoy
George
Humbert
Pius IX
Lord Denbigh
Holy See
Bristol
Canon Miles
St. Raphael’s
Gloucester
A. H. Ward
Miles
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House of Lords
Church of Maoyland
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