The state and the church

Elliot Arthur Ralph Douglas 1846-

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StateThe AND The Church HON. ARTHUR ELLIOT ( %\mtosicntt\vc^^ ^^ ^\yX\^^^i ^h%PRINCETON, N. J.« 1882BV 630 .E45 Arthur RalphElliot, 1846-Douglas, churchand therhe state S/ie//. autiC6t ^tate Cfit €i)xm\t THE ENGLISH CITIZEN: RESPONSIBILITIES.HIS RIGHTS AND THE STATE AND THE CHUECH BY THE HON. AETHUE ELLIOT, M.P. Hontion MACMILLAN AND CO, 1882 The Rifjhl of Translation and Rt-production is Reserved. LONDON : PEINTED BY 6POTX1SW0ODB AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUAEB AND PABHAilENT STEEET of rrityla.cy . . .19The . III.CHAPTER Clergy and Laity . . . .23 CHAPTER IV. Church Law and Church Courts . . 40 CHAPTER V. Parochial System . . . .55 CHAPTER VI. The Prayer-Book and Thirty-nine Articles . 66 CHAPTER VII. the Church . .The Revenues of .78 CONTENTS.viii CIIAPTEU VIII. PAGE Building Commission and the Eccle-The Church ,98siastical Commissioners . . CHAPTER IX. Appointment of Dignitaries and Patronage . 110 CHAPTER X. ' ' '* 124Established and Free Churches . . CHAPTER XI. . . 139The Church of Scotland . XII.CHAPTER The Church of Scotland (continued) . . 156 ' STATE AND CHUECK. CHAPTER I. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL CHURCH. The relationship that exists between State and Church the United Kingdom at the present day is so peculiar,in and differs so much from what we find existing in early times, that it will be necessary, in order to explain it, religious historyto take a short retrospect into the of this country.

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• Church and State

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• Langue: English
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StateThe
AND
The Church
HON. ARTHUR ELLIOT
(%\mtosicntt\vc^^ ^^
^\yX\^^^i ^h%PRINCETON, N. J.«
1882BV 630 .E45
Arthur RalphElliot,
1846-Douglas,
churchand therhe state
S/ie//.autiC6t ^tate Cfit €i)xm\t
THE ENGLISH CITIZEN:
RESPONSIBILITIES.HIS RIGHTS ANDTHE STATE
AND
THE CHUECH
BY THE
HON. AETHUE ELLIOT, M.P.
Hontion
MACMILLAN AND CO,
1882
The Rifjhl of Translation and Rt-production is Reserved.LONDON : PEINTED BY
6POTX1SW0ODB AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUAEB
AND PABHAilENT STEEETof rrity<tfV
•^ 18898APR
PEEFACE.
followingIn the pages, where it has been necessary to
touch at all upon historical topics, I have endeavoured
to confine myself to what is generally admitted, rather
than to follow the lead of any controversial writer. In
Reeves' History of EngHsh Law, and inthe constitutional
histories of Mr. Hallam and Mr. willStubbs be found,
related or referred to, ample matter it is believed to
statements of ansupport general historical character con-
tained in this work.
regards Ecclesiastical Law,As Parish Law, and the
more purely legal aspects of the subject included under
* State and Church,' I have had to examine the works of
many legal writers. To Sir R. Phillimore's recent work
on Ecclesiastical Law are referred those readers who
wish to study in detail this branch of the subject.
As regards Scottish history I have in the main relied
'Burton's History of Scotland.'upon
The existing position and cii'cumstances of the Esta-
blished Churches of Great Britain, favourite subjects with
controversial writers, it is not easy to find impartiallyvi PREFACE.
dealt with outside the contents of Bhie-books and Parha-
returns. It is not the object of this work tomentaiy
accumulate full and precisely accvu-ate statistics, and I
made use of such infoi'mation as I think canhave merely
be relied on to present a general picture of the two great
religious institutions of the country sanctioned and sup-
State.ported by the
I must exj)ress my thanks to Mr. C. F. Jemmett,
B.C.L., of Lincoln's Inn and the Inner Temple, for his
great kindness in rendering me valuable assistance in
portions of this work.revising the more legal
A. D. E.
May 1882.