Dean Stanley and the national church debate
A critique of Dean Stanley’s view that the Nation and the Church are one and the call for disestablishment. The article contrasts his imagined unity with Nonconformist beliefs and warns against compulsory national support for a state church. It argues for preserving distinct church identities and opposing compulsory religious establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop of Canterbury
New College
Lord of Peterborough
Congregational Union
Huddersfield
Dean Stanley
Westminster
Ife
St. Petersburg
Cheshunt
Milton
Max Muller
John Bunyan
Allen
Cdlensa
Beazley
Stanley
England
Church of England
Daan
Church of Christ
Gordon Liberation Lectures Draw Crowded Liberal Meeting
Mr Gordon and Mr Evans spoke to a large sympathetic audience at the British Schools in Horywett Norra Watts with P Ellis Eyton presiding. Similar gatherings in Coniston praised the Liberation Society and urged another visit despite heavy rain and a well received discourse on disestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horywett
Norra Watts
Coniston
Nort Lancashiire
Gordon
Baptist
Lake District
G. Howells
Liberation Society
Cen
Establishment Debate Sparks Tense Meeting in Dalton-in-Furness
A heated evening at the Baptist meeting in Dalton-in-Furness saw Rev. Mr. Burns urge responsibility for the establishment. He warned the ward that if they want this sort of thing they must pay for it, while critics urged restraint and protest amid growing agitation in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Dalton-In-Furness
Baptist
Burns
The Scotch Patronage Bill Debate in Commons
In the House of Commons on Monday the Lord Advocate moved the second reading of the Scotch Patronage Bill. He argued it would ease long standing tensions between Scottish churches and hoped it would reconcile differences, while noting petitions for and against the measure and the broader aim of maintaining the Established Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Scotland
England
Hannes
Wigard
Pat
Peraons
Free Church
Althou
Glasgow
Church of Scotland
Hear
United Presbyterian Synod of Edinburgh