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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 11, 1874
Page
2
A long analysis critiques Gladstone's Catholic policy, argues for equal civil rights regardless of creed, and discusses papal authority, Vatican decrees, and responses from Lord Acton Manning and Pusey. It notes Irish and English reactions, ecclesiastical debates, and a petition to Convocation urging restraint on ceremonial changes pending a court ruling.
Earl Nelson and other church leaders press for revision of the Prayer book urging unity in defense of its integrity. A Brighton meeting produced a petition. The Association for Promoting the Reform of Convocation plans a December public meeting to seek laity representation in Church Councils to ease Parliament's burden. The King's College Library gathering was chaired by Lord Lyttelton.
The German Emperor allows Old Catholic parishes under ministerial supervision, bypassing royal orders. Bishop Martin of Paderborn faces two months in jail and possible deposition. The Pope honors him with a gold medal. In Tréves Father Schneider is arrested in church as clergy critics question clerical sanctity. French Protestant Consistories in Paris refuse ministerial elections and plan a manifesto defending Christian conscience and autonomy from state control. The legal question is whether government can override congregational assent in dismissals.
The case against Mackonochie vicar of St Alban’s Holborn for Ritualistic practices will be heard in the Court of Arches on the 20th instant. A congress of English Roman Catholics asserting papal infallibility and allegiance to the Pope is denied. Some Sheffield dissenting ministers follow the example of Dale and Vince.
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