Disestablishment on the brain and ecclesiastical reform
The piece argues disestablishment has become the dominant political topic as Vatican decrees and church state tensions rise. It weighs Disraeli’s ecclesiastical policy, public regulation of doctrine, Scottish endowment debates, and the need for a concrete plan before reform advances, urging cautious action by the Liberation Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen
Cavendish Bentinck
Times
Spectator
Miall
Disraeli
House of Commons
Sumner
Dir
Chalmers
Sree Kuk
Free Kirk
Free Kirk Assembly
Dr. Rainy
Russell Gurney
Trevor
England
The
Liberation Society
Fawcett
Ecclesiastical Look-Out in Scotland Sees Union Debate Deepen
The Patronage Act spurs a Scottish church dispute as Established and Free Churches weigh union moves. Sir Robert Anstruther, Lord Polwarth, and Dr. Rainy push contrasting positions on disestablishment and the act’s impact, signaling potential legislative and ecclesiastical upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anstruther
Lord Polwarth
General Assembly
Fifeshire
Free Church
Scotland
Free Church Patronage Committee
Rainy