Aggressive Anti-State Church Movement Presses On
The Executive Committee of the British Anti state church Association campaigns to expose worldliness in state establishments and hosts lectures and tracts. Deputies of Protestant Dissenters discuss Maynooth grant opposition and press for press access at meetings. A seizure over church rates in Winston prompts local celebration at church wardens’ actions.
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British Antistate Church Association
Church of Christ
Law of Christ
Jr Young
Perth
England and Wales
Matthew Bridges
Commercial Road
London
Council of Fiveundred
King’s Head Tavern
J. R. Mills
College of Maynooth
Hare
Daily Press
Clarke
Conder
Linsbury Chapel
Evans
Tahiti
Wilks
Cuuicuratn
Winston
Wardle
T. Burgess
Leicester
Fourrien
Pochin
Wigston
Leicester Mercury
Memorial against Maynooth grant and repairs
A 1846 memorial from D eputies of three dissenting denominations near London objects to a proposed large increase of Maynooth College funding and to future premises repairs charged to the public works budget. It notes Mr Gladstone's statement and seeks protection of civil rights and church interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Peel
Gladstone
I House of Commons
Maynooth College
Pio
Board Ofublic Works
Protestants oppose increased Maynooth grant at Exeter Hall
A Protestant alliance denounces government plans to enlarge funding for Maynooth College. Memorialists argue state aid to Catholic institutions breaches civil equality and threatens church liberties, urging Parliament to reject endowment and urging unified Protestant action across England and Wales. A dissenters meeting is organized in London with preliminary gatherings planned.
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Maynooth
Board of Works
Congregational Union
Maynooth College
Benjamin Hanbury
Papal College of Maynooth
Ireland
Papal Party
Church of Christ
England and Wales
Exeter Hall
Pye Smith
Kinsbury Chapel
Congregational Library
Petitioning for Maynooth Grant Reduction Sparks Local Meetings
The Patriot notes upcoming petitions by Baptist and anti state church groups, plus Nottinghamshire independent ministers opposing an increased grant. In Reading, eighty prominent residents including twelve clergymen signaled a public meeting to oppose Maynooth grant increases, scheduled at the town hall Friday.
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Committee of Deputies
The
Baptist Union
British Anti-state Church Association
Association of Independent Ministers
Nottinghamshire
Reading
Maynooth
Innovations in the Church Sparks Protests in Shoreditch
A public meeting at the St Leonards workhouse in Shoreditch debated clergy reforms. Vowing to memorialise the Bishop of London, attendees backed resolutions condemning innovations seen as reducing parish attendance and supporting a new back-of-burial-ground church. Critics linked changes to Puseyite influence and urged stronger action.
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St Leonards
Shoreditch
Emmerson
Corporation Church
Ingle
Reece
J. C. Yarrow
Collier
Scoble
London
Smithfield
Dr Pusey
Tur
Warez
H. Coddington
Thundridge
Ware
Trinity College
Cambridge
R. Townley
Lancaster
Church of England
Chester
Liverpool
Chronicle
Warp
Daxrtry
University of Oxford
Chandler
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