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Disestablishment Debates Close to Fifty Year Milestone
A large meeting denounces ecclesiastical establishment in Scotland and England, arguing state control corrupts church life. Speakers condemn church sale of livings, demand disestablishment, cite Gladstone and Irish precedent, and urge clergy compensation to ease reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Samuel Pearson
Liverpool
Ephesus
Leckie
England
Lord Penzance
Forster
Bradford
Tabernacle
India
China
Episcopal Church
R. M. Woods
Salop
Church of England
Zines
Gentleman
Turkey
Church of Christ
Hear
House of Lords
Archbishop Trench
Mr. Woods
Uear
Canterbury
Peterborough
Oxford
Church of
Eng
Church of Rome
Rome
Mr. Gladstone
Parsons
Gonowin Smith
Harl Russell
Commonwealth
Milton