Clergy Debate Over Confession Text Book Controversy
Members of the House discuss the Holy Cross Society and a book urging early childhood confession. Resolutions condemn propagation of The Priest in Absolution while defending voluntary confession under Church of England doctrine. The London School Board considers school provision linked to Holy Cross affiliated institutions.
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London
Church of England
Jesus
Society of the Holy Cross
Canterbury
Llandaff
St. Albans
Tooth
Hatsham
Church of Rome
London School Board
Charles Reed
Firth
Lyulph Stanley
Board
E. Daniell
Mr. Watson
Statistical Committee
Woolwich
Morning Post
R. KR. Bristow
St. Stephen’s
Lewisham
C. F. Lowder
St. Peter’s
London Docks
Society of
Marshall
St. John the Baptist’s Church
Hulme
Confession Issue Roils Anglican Ritualists At Woolwich
Sermons and ceremonies linked to the Society of the Holy Cross provoke debate as Rev Bristow and others defend confession. A Bristol Colston Hall gathering protests auricular confession and urges archbishops to curb ritual practices.
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Society of the Holy Cross
Marshall
J. Knox-Little
St. Alban’s
Waterloo Road
Manchester
House of Peers
Knox-Little
Bristol
Colston Hall
Great Debate on Disestablishment in Glossop
The Lancashire papers report a four night Great Debate on Disestablishment at Glossop Town Hall with 2s 6d admission. Alderman Stafford chaired. J F Alexander arranged Liberal side as speakers argued church property and state links, including figures from Berger and Browne about tithes, monastic dissolutions, and endowments.
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Lancashire
Glossop
J. F. Alexander
Alderman Stafford
Church Property National
Berger
Glossop Advertiser
Browne
Henry VIII
Queen Anne
Berger Forgt
Christchurch College
Oxford
Trinity College
Cambridge
Eople
J. Paul’s