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Protestant Meeting Fears Ritualism and Catholic Influence
A Leeds gathering and a Portland Chapel Protestant Association plan challenge to revise the Church of England Prayer Book to curb Roman Catholic practices. Speakers denounce confessional teaching and Jesuit influence, urging disestablishment if needed, while a related meeting in Leeds debates forming a Protestant system to spread pure gospel and resist ritualism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Extension Association
Exeter
Church of England
Portland Chapel
Knowles
Rome
Lancashire
Germany
Bismarck
Wale
Trinity Chapel
Leeds
Philosophical Hall
E. R. Conder
Congregational Union of England and Wales
E. Butler
Butler
Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
Howe
W. Currie