Disestablishment Debate Moves Clergymen and Policy
The article reports on Liberal stance to abolish the State Church in Ireland and end grants to Maynooth and the Presbyterian Church. It covers clergy opinions favoring disestablishment, reactions to the new Irish church law, and calls for church independence from state funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Party
Ireland
College of Maynooth
Presbyterian Church
Joan Bricut
J. T. Horton
Letter from Richard Alliott on Nonconformist school policy
In a letter dated October 17 1868 Richard Alliott head master of the Nonconformist Grammar School Bishop's Stortford defends Nonconformity while addressing accusations of favoring Church of England pupils. He argues Nonconformity remains honorable and that Christian instruction should not be ranked only by sect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pulsford
Edinburgh
Evan Lewis
Preston
Offord Road
W. M. Punshon
Punshon
Canada
Warrenesss
Cheshunt College
J. B. Howat
Enfield
Whitewebbs
Cheshunt
James Townley
Ek. Forsaith
W. M. Robinson
John Spurgeon
Fetterlane
J. S. Pearsall
R. D. Wilson
Craven Chapel
J. A. Spurgeon
J. Wilson
Spurgeon
Henry Gill
G. O. Frost
M. Williams
Church of England
Richard Alliott
Bishop’s Stortford
Open Communion Proposed to Reform Church Membership
A letter to the Nonconformist argues that current church membership rules exclude worthy believers and block the Lord’s Table. It advocates open communion with no tests, letting individuals decide if they discern the Lord’s body, and suggests many communicants may later seek fuller church fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Christ
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Greenwich
Miller
St. Mary’s
Sratmv
Times
Atocha
Toledo
Italy
Spain
Encusa
Cricklade
T. Maurice
Wilts and
Gloucester
WW. H. Beadon
W. F. Wilkinson
St. Werburgh’s
Derby
Wilkingon
England
Church of Ireland
Bishop’s Stortford Grammar
Beazley
Congregational Union
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