Convocation Debate Divides Church and Lay Representation
A conference on church reform discussed adding lay voices to Convocation. Proponents urged real utterance for laity, while opponents warned it would destroy Convocation’s character. The motion, favoring greater lay involvement, passed by a large majority as the burial issue was later addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Canterbury
Canon Bright
Burrows
Lord Penzance
Mowsray
Church of England
Archdeacon Cust
Oxford
Corporation of London
Diocesan Conference Debates Ridsdale Case and Burials Rule
In Wells Chapter House the Bath and Wells conference debated the Ridsdale judgment with bishops and clergy. The assembly abstained from approving or disapproving the ruling while affirming obedience to law. Burials rules were approved restricting churchyard officiants to clergymen. At Taunton the votes favored acceptance of the Ridsdale judgment.
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Diocese of
Bath and Wells
Wells U Cathedral
Arthur Hervey
Ridsdale
Is Lordship
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
A. Mahon
Archdeacon Denison
Church of England
Bath
Taunton
W. Coles
Carlisle
Contention and Unity in the Church of England Discourse
The speaker warns that unity among church members masks underlying factions and urges readers to consider the ruinous effects of contentiousness. He questions whether joining the Church of England is justified by conflicts seen in the Fock and the Church Times, urging humility and reconciliation.
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Church of England
Church Times
Disestablishment Meetings Across Various Towns
Reports from October meetings in WitmcoTr Aston CantTLow Fleckney Ovenden ShollEY Morpeth Haltwhistle and Alston detail lectures and deputations on disestablishment led by Rev J S James and Mr G Hastings. Health issues of Mr Gordon are noted as he plans further engagements.
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Congregational
Liberation Society
J. S. James
G. Hastings
Midland
Fleckney
L&icestershire
C. T. Trigg
Episcopal Church
Shoiley Brioche
G. B. Browne
Bradford
Alston
Browne
Hexham Courant
Haltwhistle
Lion Temperance Hotel
H. B
Thompson
Society
Friends of the Society
Gordon
Hastings
Vatican moves prompt Manning visit as Bristol wife joins Rome
A Roman telegram says Cardinal Manning will visit Rome at the Vatican’s request. A Bristol correspondent reports the wife of Rev. Prebendary Clark of Taunton has joined the Roman Catholic Church. A Ceylon paper notes budding reconciliation between the bishop and Church missionaries. In Wrexham on Friday the Bishop of St. Asaph urged clergy.
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Cardinal Manning
Rome
Vatican
Bristol
Dailyens
Clark
St. Mary's
Taunton
Ceylon
Wrexham
St. Asaph
Papal Aggression in Scotland and Ritual Conflicts
The Manchester Guardian reports on ritualistic reforms at St. George's Barrow with vestment abolition and low church talks. It surveys German Ultramontane resistance, and discusses Rome’s plan to restore a Scottish hierarchy with five sees, noting strong Protestant nerves and limited public outcry.
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Barrow
Carlisle
St. George’s Church
Barrett
Germany
The
Germania
Church of Rome
Vatican
ScotLand
Lord John Russell
Durham
John Russell
England
Rome
St. Andrew’s
Aberdeen
Lismore
Moray
Glasgow
Mackarness
Argyll and the Isles
Scottish Episcopal Church
Eden
Pentland Frith
Solway
Manchester Guardian
New Editions and Children's Books Announced by Publishers
No copy of Victor Hugo’s History of a Crime is available though new editions are rapidly printed. A cheap two franc issue is planned to meet demand. Ward, Lock, and Co announce forthcoming annuals The Children’s Forget-me-not and Golden Childhood with three new picture-book series. Hurst and Blackett prepare A Man of Other Days edited by Charlotte M. Yonge, A Young Squire of the Seventeenth Century from Christophe Jeaffreson papers, and A Jewel of a Girl by the author of Queenie.
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Victor Hugo
Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Co
Gracie Goodchild
Messrs
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