Disestablishment Urged by Scottish Dissenters
A Free Church article argues dissidents aim to pull Scotland back to state control and urges disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of Scotland. It notes Cairns lectures, seeks a new Edinburgh society to push reform, and cites the Education Act’s effects as momentum. Glasgow, October 5, 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Church
Egypt
Nixon
Lothian
Cairns
Church of Scotland
United Presbyterian and Free Church Assembly
Edinburgh
United Presbyterian
Scotland
Church and State in Germany tempers clash over Prussia bishop
Dr. Falk the Prussian Minister of Public Worship suspends state payments to the Bishop of Ermeland citing unmet state guarantees. The Breslau Catholic congress draws thousands, condemns anti church legislation, and hints at trials for Breslau and Cologne archbishops. Ultramontane shifts in Posen Gnesen alarm authorities as Bishop Ledeckowski moves toward clerical politics. Dr. Ewald letters warn against forced measures harming religious liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Falk
Prussia
Ermeland
Falk
Imeland
Berlin
Bismarck
Breslau
Germany
Rome
German Empire
Cologne
Count Ledeckowski
Posen
Gnesen
France
Pall Mall
Arthur Kinnaird
Ewald
Hanover
Bishop’s staff causes row at Nova Scotia wedding
A bishop from Nova Scotia sought to officiate a wedding with a pastoral staff carried in by admirers. The rector objected, insisting on ritual form, and the staff was removed after a dispute with the bishop and churchwarden supporting the rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Edward's Island
Nova Scotia
Binney
Transatlantic church clashes and sede vacante echoes
The report surveys tensions between English clergy and colonial bishops, condemns upholstery gifts, notes Rev D Fitzgerald and Dr Massingham in parish roles, and recounts disputes in Callan and Leeds. It covers Catholic associations, Vatican–state clashes, Victorian church union talks, Barnett’s secession, and tithes seizures when nonpayment provokes legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s
Charlottetown
D. Fitzgerald
Binneys
Massingham
Warrington
Longport
Staffordshire
Farher O’keeffe
Callan
O’keeffe
Father O’keeffe
Leeds
Church Congress
Carter
M.P
Congregational Union
Wesleyan Conference
Roman Catholic Association
Dublin Evening Post
New Catholic Association
Earl of Granard
Cardinal Cullen
Dublin
Rome
M’cabe
Monsicnor Capel
St. Alexander’s Church
Bootle
Germany
Switzerland
Federal Council
Monsignor Mermillod
Victoria
Church of England and Presbyterian Pastoral Aid Society of
Bourne Age
Tuer
H. M. Barnett
St. Jude’s
Mildmay Park
Church of England
Southampton
Bishop of
Bennett
Free Church Council
Councillor Baker
John Walcot
Kibbesford
Worcestershire
Baker
Society of Friends
Hucurs
T. Hughes
Frome
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