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Judgment on Communion Rejection Highlights Canon and Belief Split
The article reviews a clerical dispute at Christ Church Clifton where Rev. Flavell Smith Cook barred Mr. Jenkins from communion over Broad Church views denying eternal punishment and the devil. Sir Robert Phillimore endorses the decision, stressing rubrics and canons, while noting broader implications for Church authority and language.
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R. Phillimore
Flavell Smith Cook
Christ Church, Clifton
Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Cook
Gloucester
Bristol
Dean of Arches
Robert Phillimore
Parson
Privy Council
Fendall
Wilson
Church of England