Irate Irish Church disestablishment debate and curates surge
The piece argues over revision proposals for church rituals and articles, criticizes disendowment and the rapid creation of curates after law, alleges misused endowments and glebe-house swaps, and concludes that a purer era may follow the Establishment’s waning power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Trish
Belfast
Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Dublin
St. George
Barton
Balaries
St. James
Tomlinson
Archdeacon Lee
St. Peter's
Lords
Commons
Liberation Society
England
Scotland
Goethe
Ecclesiastical notes on Union of Benefices and lay authority
A Westminster era column weighs Union of Benefices Act amendments, clerical control versus parish rights, and Convocation reforms. It cites clerical overreach, parishioner resistance, and debates on lay representation, with discussion of the Burial Service and unbaptized cases. The piece notes Bishop Winchester and Oxford positions and the push for equitable settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
London
House of Commons
Winchester
Corporation of London
Walpole
Mr. Walpole
Mr. Gladstone
Convocation
Oxford
House of Parliament
National Council
Church of England
Westminster
Kingdom of Heaven
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Ecclesiastical Notes
F. Bathurst
Canon Selwyn
Archdeacon Moore