Debating Establishment and Ritual at Exeter Hall
A critical account of an Evangelical meeting at Exeter Hall arguing for disestablishment and opposing ritual confessional practices. The piece attacks indignant public meetings, questions enforcement of law, and questions the role of bishops and the Anglican system in light of confessional pressures. It contrasts reform paths with disestablishment and condemns the meeting’s zeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter Hall
London
Lord Shaftesbury
Episcopal Church
Ireland
Pee Anee
Thomas Chambers
Archbishop of Canterbury
Miall
Marston
Rome
Christ
Ecclesiastical notes on Lords debate over Public Worship Facilities Bill
The article critiques the Lords division on a Public Worship Facilities Bill, noting bishops and archbishops supported reform yet the measure failed 68 to 52. It laments parish authority weak in face of the Upper House and cites Morpeth parishioners’ complaints against Rev. Francis Grey over ritual practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Church of England
Canterbury
Llandaff
Morpeth
Francis Grey
Grey