Religious tensions rise as schism sparks synod actions
Reports describe disturbances at large open air meetings and Prussian plans to suppress Catholic expression. The Marienwerder synod of Neo Catholics adopts Leipsic council faith declaring themselves Christ Catholic and condemns Czerski for stirring religious quarrels while urging universal love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Churth
Rouge
Siécle
Czerski
Dantzic
Konigsberg
Marienwerder
Synod
Christ
Ipsic
Proposed Meeting for Christian Union in Liverpool
A circular from leading Free Church of Scotland and Protestant Dissenters proposes a October meeting in Liverpool to unite evangelical Christians against Popery and Puseyism and to promote scriptural Christianity. Delegates would determine aims, with plans for books, lectures, or lectureships to spread biblical salvation across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Church of Scotland
Liverpool
Christ
United Secession Church
Relief Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Secession Church
Congregationalists
Baptist Church
Irish General Assembly
Wesleyan Conference
London
Dublin
Banner of Ulster
Anti-Maynooth
Culling Smith
Church of Rome
Liverpool Courier
Baptist Noel
Mr Bickersteth
Church of England
Bunting
W. M. Bunting
Evangelical Clergy to Declare Faith Free of State Aid
Representatives of Evangelical clergy of England vow to secede from state support and unite three major bodies to uphold a common faith declared in opposition to civil power. They argue the faith is too holy to be touched by the state’s impure hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ateth
England
Petition against colonial church funding sparks rights debate
Readings from Jamaica Baptist Herald reveal British Guiana legislators taxed for immigration and religious duties. Wallbridge defends petition against state church financing, vows lectures and continued advocacy to uphold civil liberties. He denounces gag orders and asserts taxpaying citizens’ rights.
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British Guiana
Jamaica Baptist Herald
Couny
Wallbridge
Kingston
Guiana Times
Smith Church
Royal Gazette
Combined Court
Wollbridge
Petition for religious liberty and end to state church funding
The speaker vows to continue opposition to state church systems and to press petitions to the legislature until no public funds support ecclesiastical persons or purposes. He envisions full religious liberty and urges bearing insult as he disperses true principles to hasten change.
Reduced Clergymen and Poaching in Buckingham
From the Times we learn that Thomas Blackwell of Buckingham was committed to the House of Correction for two months with sureties for twelve months for being in company with poachers at the Duke of Buckingham's preserves. The piece mocks Ecclesiastical Commissioners for using clergy as gamekeepers and hopes for better employment for Buckingham clergy.
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Times
Thomas Blackwell
Buckingham
House of Correction
W. Andrews
J. Coker
Blackwell
Punch
Seizures and Secessions Stir Cheltenham Church Row
Cheltenham church rate disputes trigger seizures of leather ledgers and a wheelbarrow from local businesses. The Cheltenham Anti-Church-Rate Association argues seizures are illegal and may seek damages at Gloucester quarter sessions. Separately, Oxford Journal lists 33 clergy with game certificates, noting conversions to Roman Catholicism by Rev Charles Bridges and Boscombe Pole and family.
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Cheltenham
Bishop
High Street
Dight
Laurence
Cheltenham Anti
Oxford Journal
Church of England
Oxford
Charles Bridges
Oriel College
Boscombe Pole
Bridgewater
Anstice
Professor Anstice
King’s College, London
Pole
Nihil
Chronicle
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