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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 06, 1877
Page
2
The meeting resolves to resist the Burials Bill in every possible way, arguing it fails to remedy nonconformists grievances about interments in national churchyards and would perpetuate religious inequality and injustice.
Only one Conservative voted for Goschen’s clause to abolish clerical headships and fellowships. Gladstone and fourteen ex ministers supported it. Seven Home Rulers joined Goschen. many abstained. Omissions by numerous opposition members suggest indifference or remissness.
The Queen v Hertford College Oxford challenges whether a college can bar a non conformist candidate from a fellowship under a church eligibility rule. The case hinges on the 1871 University Tests Act and whether it forbids religious exclusions in admissions for graduates or offices. The matter was heard by Justices Mellor and Lush with Mr Herschell and Mr Wright for the demurrer and the college’s counsel for the university. The argument was set to continue after the court rose.
A London meeting of about 200 clergymen at Westminster Palace Hotel chaired by Rev. T. T. Carter rejects a Judicial Committee ruling as contrary to rubric meaning. They warn against what they call the auld Kirk and vow strenuous resistance, not yielding to Archbishop Tait’s warnings.
A Church Review excerpt argues against concessions to ritualists and defends disestablishment. It denounces Privy Council overreach, praises determined clergy, and vows sustained agitation for six ritual points while rejecting a free church path. The piece critiques timid bishops and warns of continued resistance to authorities.
A new society called the Church League met at St. Alban’s Holborn with Rev A H Mackonochie presiding. The gathering advocated speedy dissolution of the union between church and state and included several clergymen and lay members in a lively, boisterous session.
The Church League, seeking separation of Church and State, plans public meetings to gauge support. Speakers urge moral necessity of disestablishment, arguing state power corrupts spiritual authority and that establishment blunts church duties and affects governance.
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