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The State Church crisis and parish councils debate
A critique of the Church of England’s disorganized state under ritualism and clerical autonomy. Lord Sandon proposes parish councils to curb ecclesiastical autocracy, while Nonconformists warn reform via state control risks paralyzing the establishment and splitting unity.
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House of Commons
Lord Sandon
England
Wales
Oler A
Times
Church of England
Lord Landon
Liverpool
Bers
Bpison
Presbyterian