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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 01, 1874
Page
2
Lords debate the Clergy Discipline Act like measure with Church and State implications. Archbishops judge and Supreme Court of Appeal replace older steps. ministry pleads for calm, warning disestablishment voices. Leaders warn against elevating law into political flag while urging unified church reform.
Passage notes that the administration of law regarding offences against the Book of Common Prayer rubrics has been remitted for revision to the Houses of Convocation of Canterbury and York following government advice. The excerpt reflects ongoing ecclesiastical governance and legislative process.
At Fulda the second sitting of the Conference of German Bishops discussed ecclesiastical laws with proposals for reconciliation with the Prussian Government. The Mayence Catholic Association urged restoring Papal rights amid calls to condemn German constitutional changes and Jesuit laws. In Switzerland Liberal Catholics draft a parochial church system with cantonal synods and a yearly general synod. The Geneva and Berne moves push toward state recognition of a liberal church.
The Ecclesiastical Offences Bill advances to a select committee after a second reading. The Lords favoring the Public Worship Regulation Bill have caused Rochdale Ritualists to drop the High Court prayer. Promoters pause this session on archbishop and bishop regulation. The Church notes several Baptist imprisonments in Russia but reports their release and czarist inducements to Mennonites. Obituary: Rev. Michael Hobart Seymour of Bath, long anti-Roman advocate and author. Secession: Rev. H E von Sturmer plans to join the Church of England citing greater liberty. Archdeacon Denison in Bristol denounces Ritualism as a threat to the Church’s life.
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