15 Sep 1841
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 15, 1841
Page
1
The text argues that a state church confines understanding and restrains liberty. It compares such governance to a self-guarded prisoner unable to engage the wider world, claiming the nation talks of liberty while remaining a slave.
The piece argues dissenters endured persecution from the church and squirearchy while promoting Sunday schools and universal schooling through the Lancasterian and British and Foreign School Societies. It condemns clergy as aristocracy’s stewards and calls for a religion guided by natural laws and the New Testament, free from state establishment.
The text argues that Christianity rests in a spiritual, non political reign and opposes state control of faith. It denounces the kingdom of the clergy as antichrist and defends private judgment, scripture authority, and the priesthood of all believers against Puseyite and churchly claims. It upholds reason, conscience, and examination in matters of faith.
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