Clergy Split Over Burial Service Concession Debate
Clergymen debate Lord Harrowby’s burial clause and whether nonconformist rites should be allowed in churchyards. Rev F Simcox Lea warns of clerical trades unions pressuring ordinary incumbents. A Shropshire Rector urges resisting change, Canon Ridley faces mixed reactions, and Osborne Morgan notes Liberal opposition fading amid conservative pressure.
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London
F. Simcox Lea
Shropshire
Lord Harrowby
Mr. O. Morgan
Manchester
The
Guardian
Canon Ridley
House of Lords
John Bull
Blackwood
Times
Ridley
Ryle
Osborne Morgan
Wrexham
Canterbury
York
Unspoken Passage in Granville Address Sparks Debate
Reporters noted a quoted passage on disestablishment attributed to Earl Granville that did not appear in the delivered speech. The Bradford Observer said the Times text reflected a lapse or fabrication, while the unseen lines reportedly matched the noble lord’s views on religious equality and the Liberation movement.
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Earl Granville
Bradford
The
Times
Ireland
Scotland
Italy
United States
Plevna
Balaclava
Tooth
Mackonochie
Society of the Church Union
Bradford Observer
Lord Granville
Earl
St. George’s Hall
Protestantism in Prussia Upholds Orthodox Control of Church
A liberal drift challenges the Prussian Church as synods remain Conservative and reluctant to reform. Orthodox majorities govern elections, self-government elusive, and dogma largely untouched. Debates flare among clergy and laity, with a few liberal-minded dissenters still active and unyielding.
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Berlin
Schleiermacher
Christ
Brandenburg
Council of the Church
Ober Kirchen Rath
Sydow
Liberal Party
Berlin-Cologne
Cologne
A. Rhode