Crisis in the Church of England Threatens Its Existence
The piece argues that the Church faces internal dangers shaped by clergy laity clashes, rubrics revision, and Public Worship Act enforcement. It praises Bishop Ellicott for insights into lay hostility to dogmatism, notes rising clerical rigor, and warns that without decisive action the Establishment may suffer a grave crisis.
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Liberation Society
Ellicott
Church of England
Spurgeon
R. W. Dale
Vince
Cirencester
Edward VI
Kidward VI
Malmesbury
Ecclesiastical Notes on Church and State Debates and Disestablishment
The commentary surveys Anglican clergy laity distinctions, disestablishment debates, and the Church Review's stance on sacerdotalism and church-state relations. It cites views by Rev. Baker and Rev. Acland, quotes Henry Richard MP, and notes ritual controversies and deanery meetings across Crewkerne Doncaster and Oxford.
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Ecclesiastical Notes
Archbishop of Canterbury
Durham University
Guardian
H. Lefroy Baker
Longstock
Hants
Baker
Thos. Acland
Bathe
John Bull
Lord Coleridge
Church Review
Hooker
Funda
England
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus
Antiochus Epiphanes
Tiberius
Nero
Diocletian
Roman Empire
Christ
Henry Richard
M.P
Richard
Merthyr
House of Commons
J.C. Baydon
Hackney
Mr. Richard
Crewkerne
Ilminster
Doncaster
Oxford
Church Times