Archbishops Ambition and the Establishment Question
The text critiques Dr. Tait and the archbishop's charge, arguing that the Establishment treats endowments as secular property to be resolved by law while free churches can adjust trusts. It condemns the claim of catholic unity within the state church and notes the clergy’s reach to all in principle, yet highlights practical inequities and sectarian realities in England.
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Liberation Society
Tait
Capetown
Free Church of Scotland
England
Court of Chancery
Church of England
Christ
Privy Council
Dinesiiar
London
Despised gods and missions questioned by religious census
The essay challenges the archbishop’s stance on mission churches and argues that Organizations like the London City Mission reach many poor and rural workers. It notes 1851 census data showing churches met less than half worship needs and criticizes ecclesiastical exclusiveness and arrogance without denying efforts to expand worship.
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London City
Ecclesiastical Notes on Peterborough Bishop at Northampton Conference
The Peterborough Bishop, a leading rhetorical figure, publicly backs existing church legislation while opposing unsettled reforms. He criticizes Mr. Miall’s revenue inquiry as linking to disestablishment and argues for simultaneous ecclesiastical population data. A Berkhamsted Cottage Garden Society tale shows sectarian exclusiveness in church circles.
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Peterborough
Winchester
Northampton
Miall
House of Commons
House
Church of England
Lee
Church Defence Institution
Heygate
M.P
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkhamsted