Conflicting claims over church burial grounds and Protestant rights
J Guinness Rogers defends nonconformist stance against sacerdotalism and Erastian state church control. He challenges Canon Curteis to an honorable controversy, urges truth and charity, and calls for more space to discuss burial ground disputes and establishment issues without silencing dissent.
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Liberation Press
Liberation Society
Canon Curteis
Peterborough
Guardian
J. Guinness Rogers
Canon Curteis and the Parish Churchyard Debate
A writer argues that Canon Curteis defends an Establishment view while Nonconformists press for reform of churchyard tenure. He traces English burial rites from medieval mass to Reformation changes and the rise of Protestant Dissent, urging reform of 16th century state settlements.
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Canon Curteis
Church of England
England
Christ
Elizabeth
William and
Mary
England and
Wales
Canon Curties