Contested Ecclesiastical Bills Stir Lords and Commons
The second reading of the controversial measure passes without division amid praise for stripping church property. Debates on the Benefices Resignation and Sequestration Bills follow, with Wilberforce defending parish rights and the freehold shift. An Ecclesiastical Census faces England limits, while Universities Tests and headship questions trigger further scrutiny and compromise.
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House of Lords
Cross
Hadfield
Winchester
Wilberforce
Bruce
House of Commons
Ireland
Scotland
England
Church of Rome
Free Church
Bentinck
Newdegate
Rome
Mr. Harcourt
Oxford
Sir M. Beach
Lord Fitzmaurice
Gladstone
Jamaica disestablishment bill debated in Legislative Council
Petition from Rev Dendy Thomson Reid and Henderson of St James objects to a Jamaica bill to disendow the Church of England. They warn against using public funds to pay Episcopalian salaries and transferring churches and cemeteries to trustees, urging equal treatment for all denominations.
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Church of England
Legislative Council of
Jamaica
Messrs
Dendy, Thomson, Reid
Henderson
St. James
British Empire
Revision of the Bible Revisers gather in Westminster
The Old Testament Company of Revisers met in Henry VII Chapel with eleven members, including three bishops and scholars from Presbyterian and Nonconformist bodies, receiving Holy Communion from the Dean of Westminster. A larger meeting then at the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, chaired by the Bishop of Llandaff, with seventeen attendees. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has played a major role throughout the movement toward a successful issue.
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Westminster
Church of England
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Llandaff
Gloucester
Bristol
Revision of Genesis by The New Testament Company Progress Report
Representatives of the New Testament Company reported progress on revising the first chapter of Genesis. Two secretaries and a finance committee were appointed, with Canon Payne Smith and Dr. Wright of the British Museum hoping to join soon, while Dr. Pusey concentrates on his Commentary on the Minor Prophets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Payne Smith
Wright
British Museum
Pusey
What the Church of England Costs
A 1867 Quarterly Review excerpt questions a 1835 estimate of Church revenues at 6 495 2182 pounds. It references the Commissioners' report on ecclesiastical revenues and lists the present annual value of Church property in England and Wales, including bishoprics, as calculated from Parliament settlements.
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Quarterly Review
England and
Wales
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Shoveller
the Times
Liberation Society
Bath and Wells
Canterbury
Arliste
Chester
Chichester
Urham
Exeter
Ereford
Lichfield
Lincolns
London
Manchester
Orwiche
Peterborough
St. Pauls
Durham
Wells
Carlisle
Kixeter
Hereford
Lincoln
Norwich
Ripon
Rochester
Salisbury
St. Asaph
St. David's
Worcester
Windsor
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