Debates on Church Establishment Return to Core Principles
The Church party argues for delaying immediate reforms and trusts universities to prepare access for Dissenters. Nonconformists gain support from Duff Melly and Leatham while Convocation weakens its role amid Irish Church debates. Controversy over endowment, Colenso, and Irish Commissioners delays persist.
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Beresford Hope
Bentinck
Hardy
Newdegate
House of Commons
Grant Duff
Melly
Leatham
Coleridge
Colenso
Natal
Dean Stanley
Ireland
Broad Church Theory of a State Church in Law and Order
A letter argues that the Supremacy of Law should apply to the entire civil community, not just church interests. It cites Gallio to show impartial justice beyond religious differences and notes that state authority can adjudicate property tied to religion without ecclesiastical control.
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Oxford
Mr. Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Maziere Brady
Gladstone
Lord Cairns
Mr. Walpole
Dr. Brady
King Theodore
Kildare
Crosthwaite
England
Theodore
Church of England
Gallio
St. Paul
St. Luke
Proconsul Gallio
Seneca
Cardinal Wiseman
Cesar
Paul
Festus
Pilate
Caiaphas
Milton
Christ
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Arthur Penryn Stanley
D.D
Westminster