Controversy Over Nonbaptized Marriage in Bere Regis
In August 1868 banns were read for Joseph Brewer and Jane Payne Butler in Bere Regis Dorset. Curate H E Dodington refused to marry unless the bride underwent baptism and three months of instruction, prompting church figures to seek authoritative legal guidance while the bishop declined to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poole
Joseph Brewer
Jane Payne Butler
Bere Regis
Dorsetshire
M. Dodington
Sidney Smith
England
G. C. Smith
Dodington
Sare
G. O. Smith
W. K. Saram
Salisbury
Anti Ritualist Conference Opens in Manchester Town Hall
The Manchester Diocesan Church Association convened a conference to discuss Middle-class Education Nursing Institutes and Sisterhoods Ecclesiastical Courts and the Ritualistic movement. Robert Gladstone presided as chair and urged church unity over secession amid harvest festival incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Sedgwick
St. Alban’s
Chetwood
Woodard
James Bardsley
St. Ann’s
Newman
Rome
Bardsley
Warden Stubbs
Jardine
J. ©. Ryle
Manchester Diocesan Church Association
Manchester Town Hall
Colquhoun
Robert Gladstone
Haydock
Brighton
Irish Church Agitation Sparks Meetings Across Provinces
Reports detail Mr. Gladstone policy rallies in Coventry Worcestershire and surrounding towns. Laurence Gane defends Irish Church disestablishment amid heckling, with Liberal leaders planning further hearings. Lectures praised for clarity and vigor by supporters and some critics alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bright
House of Commons
Gladstone
Church of England
St. Mary’s Hall
Gane
Liberal Party
Bardsley
Apronaut Burke
Worcestershire
Evesham
Moreton-in-the-Marsh
Blockley
Stow-on-the- Wold
Shipston-on-Stour
W. W. Brown
Harvey Phillips
Moreton
H. Kerrison
Richard Reynolds
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G. C. Smith, Esq
Hingland
Ireland
Wales
O’saraell
Mr. Gladstone
Church and State Defence Society
Waterlooplace
Pall-mall
D’israeli
D'Israeli
Dublin
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