Baptists in Rome Signal New Challenge to Romanism
A Vatican era commentary notes the opening of a Baptist church in Rome with a member of the Italian Parliament involved, signaling a pressure on Rome's religious authority. The piece contrasts Catholic rote with Protestant self reliance, urging personal faith and congregational independence as a potential spur to spiritual revival in Italy.
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Rome
Europe
Sta. Maria Maggiore
Times
Pius IX
Olympus
The
Baptists
Church of
Church of England
Hagin
Revenues of the Scottish Church Unearthed in Parliament
A parliamentary paper lists stipends and valuations for Scotland’s parish ministers ending Whit Sunday 1874. It omits town and quoad sacra churches, suggesting undercounting but indicates 906 charges with 51 defective and an estimated aggregate value near 355,904 pounds, implying greater totals than prior estimates and continued work‑for‑pay disparities.
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McLaren
Scotland
England
Aberdeen
Inverness
Newhiles A
Lanark
Peterculter
Barony
Bothwell
Carmichael
Girvan
Chardévee
Douglas
Kilwinning
Hamilton
Hamilton (1) Had Largs 534 Kilbride Clackmannan
Monkland Old
Alloa
Shotts
Dumfries-- St. Mungo
Caerlaverock
Shettleston
Linlithgow
Edinburgh
Dalkeith
Peebles
Dalmeny
Inveresk
Kirknewton
Stirling Liberton
Perth— St. Cuthbert’s
Blair Athol
St. Cuthbert’s
Dunblane
Elgin
Renfrew
Fife
Abbey
Ballingry
Crail Eastwood
Dunfermline
Greenock, W
St. Andrew’s
Neilston
Forfar
Dunnichen
Roxburgh
Hawick
Bod Haddington
Jedburgh
Aberlady Wilton
Haddington
Selkirk
Galashiels
North Berwick
Prestonpans
Selkirk Tranent
Stirling
Kippen
St. Ninians
Ecclesiastical Notes on Ritualist Tensions in the Church
The piece speaks of clerical rebellion and factional strife within the Church of England. It notes the Ritualists adopting Blunt’s advice to be bold and faithful, with confession and censors in full use. Dr. F. G. Lee’s sixty page letter to the Bishop of Winchester is reviewed, arguing a potential but fragile path to understanding amid deep divisions.
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Blunt
F. G. Lee
All Saints
Lambeth
Winchester
Lee
National Church of England
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