Clerical Elites and Colonial Church Power in Britonsh Ideals
The report discusses English churchmen at large doubting Irish Convention trends, resisting colonial episcopal authority, and arguing for synodical governance. It condemns lay restrictions, praises lay agency, and warns against sacerdotalism, advocating personal ministry and confession as revival tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford Hope
Ireland
Edinburgh
Church of England
England
United States
Staffordshire
English Church Union
Congress
House of Lords
Church Congress
Lichfield
Ecclesiastical Notes on the Burials Bill Controversy at Oxford
The Oxford Diocesan Conference discussed burial law changes, with resolutions ranging from endorsement of ending churchyard opposition to Nonconformists to calls for separate cemeteries and equal rights. Debates highlighted Dissenters two-fifths of the population, the Church’s stance, and political implications for disestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Canada
Church of England
Bowles
Potts
C. J. Fletcher
Fletcher
Walter
John Bull
Congregational Union
Leatham
Huddersfield
Gladstone
Liberal Party
Manchester Examiner
Church of Rome
Hibbert