Critique of religious endowment and ecclesiastical favoritism
The text condemns civil penalties based on religious opinions and accuses the Premier of sympathy with bigotry in the name of Papal influence. It urges religious equality advocates to resist government support for sectarian bias and warns against patronising the ecclesiastical spirit at public expense.
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Friends of Religious Equality
Ecclesiastical notes on Establishment and Protestantism
The piece surveys Anglican unity and dissent within the Establishment, noting clashes over Protestant identity, High Church politics, and the Libera tion Society. It highlights Bishop Magee and Bishop Ellicott, Irish disestablishment tensions, and predicts shifts toward free churches or clerical control amid renewed calls for revision.
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D’aubigné
Canterbury
Magee
Liberation Society
Ellicott
Gloucester
Bristol
Dean Close
Carlisle
Liberation Party
Church of England
England
Bedford
John Bunyan
Duke of Bedford
Free Churches of England
Religious Accommodation in Large Towns Debate
A reprinted discussion on religious census data, its political reception, and the 1861 plan noting Dissenters opposed census renewal while Church members pressed for it. The piece challenges the Standard and cites Parliament debates on worship, schools, and accommodation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London and Country Daily
Free Churches
Church
Church of the Nation
Lord R. Cecil
Lord Salisbury
Henley
John Pakington
Whiteside
Standard
House of Commons
Edward Baines
John Bull
Church Defence Society
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Ecclesiastical Notes
G. French
Newton Solney
French
Woodville
Wilmshurst
Redeemer
Nicholas Sanders
Mr. Bennett
Privy Council
God
Holy Catholic Church
Her ‘ Defence Society
Wilms
Mr. Voysey
Leicester
Voysey
High Church
Dublin
Ireland