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Churches, 1847

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Church Intelligence. Diocese of Melbourne. Provisions for additional Clergy for the New Diocese of Melbourne, Australia

The Australian · Tuesday 21 September 1847 · page 3

SPECIAL COMMITTEE in connexion with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:—The Bight Reverend the Lord Bishop of [?] Rev. G. Ainslie, Walworth…

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Church Intelligence. the Ordination at St. Andrew's

The Australian · Friday 24 September 1847 · page 3

ON Sunday last, at the temporary Cathedral, the Reverend Messrs. Ewen and Chapman were ordained Priests, and Messrs. King, Russell, and Beamish, B. A. (the first of…

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Church Intelligence. Diocese of Australia. Parish of Alexandria

The Australian · Tuesday 28 September 1847 · page 3

WE are happy to hear of several plans in agitation, in different parts of this important parish, for the effectual establishment, within its extensive limits, of the services of the Church…

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Church Intelligence. Diocese of Australia. Parish of Alexandria

The Australian · Friday 8 October 1847 · page 3

WE are gratified in being able to report that the Honorable the Speaker, Mr. Smart, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sillitoe, Mr. Mort, and Mr. Bilyard have adopted measures for immediately…

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Council Paper. Free Presbyterian Church Marriage Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 October 1847 · page 2

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 24th August, 1847, to consider the Bill for rendering valid marriages solemnized by ministers of the Synod of…

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English Church News

The Australian · Friday 8 October 1847 · page 3

We are much indebted to our daily contemporary for the really good supply of Church intelligence which his two last papers afford. Space does not admit of our transcribing any…

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Government Gazette. Friday October 15, 1847. Presbyterian Church Grant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 October 1847 · page 3

THE description of the following grant of land, which has been appropriated to the purposes of she Presbyterian Church, as hereunder more [?]articularly mentioned, is published for general…

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Government Gazette. Friday, October 15. Presbyterian Church Grant

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1847 · page 3

The description of the following grant of land, which has been appropriated to the purposes of the Presbyterian Church, as hereunder more particularly mentioned, is published for general…

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Port Phillip. Geelong Catholic Church

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1847 · page 2

This beautiful and chaste edifice, the Church of St. Mary of Angels," erected on a commanding site overlooking the Bay of Corio, was solemnly opened for Divine Worship on yesterday, the 6th…

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British Extracts. the Late Mr. O'connell. Church Ceremonies at Rome

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1847 · page 3

On Monday, the 1st June, a solemn funeral service was celebrated in the Church of the Irish College, St. Agatha, for the repose of the soul of the late Mr. O'Connell. Over the principal entrance…

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Farewell to the Pope! Or, Reasons for Renouncing the Church of Rome. Introduction

The Sentinel · Thursday 28 October 1847 · page 4

While many Protestant divines are unhappily apostatizing to the Church of Rome, and numerous Romish Priests are vigorously spreading their pernicious errors among our people, it is some…

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Endowment of the Catholic Church

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1847 · page 1

It is for many reasons to be regretted that the question respecting the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland should be mooted in connection with the…

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Farewell to the Pope ! Or, Reasons for Renouncing the Church of Rome. Late Priest of the Parish of Serre (Ariege). (CONTINUED)

The Sentinel · Thursday 4 November 1847 · page 4

Having, then, arrived at the thorough conviction, that the doctrine of the Church of Rome is in direct opposition to the Word of God, I deemed it a duty that I owed to my conscience to hold forth the true…

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Church of England Lay Association

The Australian · Friday 5 November 1847 · page 3

The third Annual Meeting of this Association was held on Wednesday evening last, in the Parochial School of St. Lawrence. The chair was taken at six o'clock by R. C. Lethbridge…

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Church of England Lay Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1847 · page 2

THE third annual meeting of this Association was held on Wednesday evening last, in the Parochial School of St. Lawrence. The chair was taken at six o'clock by R. C. Lethbridge,…

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Farewell to the Pope ! Or, Reasons for Renouncing the Church of Rome. Late Priest of the Parish of Serre (Ariege).(CONTINUED)

The Sentinel · Thursday 11 November 1847 · page 4

No sooner had I been made aware of the line of conduct you had adopted, than I resolved by my presence to save you. Albeit I was infirm, I undertook the journey to Foix, and invited you to meet…

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The Late Mr. O'connel and the Church of Rome

The Sentinel · Thursday 11 November 1847 · page 3

To a calm observer of passing events, it appears improbable that the priests of the Church of Rome ever trouble themselves about consistency ; or is it, that Popish consistency is of…

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"The Nearer the Church, the Further From God."

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 November 1847 · page 3

He left the office of his reverend lord, Cram'd with the mysteries of Mother Church; And thought his many virtues might afford, To leave a sinful Cabman in the lurch;…

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The Endowment of the Roman Catholic Church. (From the Morning Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1847 · page 3

WE expect to bo told very shortly, by all the "Liberal" press, that the raising the question of the endowment of Popery at the ensuring election is a "Tory trick," an endeavour to revive "the exploded No Popery cry." We…

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Farewell to the Pope ! Or, Reasons for Renouncing the Church of Rome. Late Priest of the Parish of Sarre (Ariege) (CONTINUED)

The Sentinel · Thursday 18 November 1847 · page 4

Is it not the General Council of Lateran, golden in the year 1179, that forbids, as an excessive abuse to make any exaction for the burial of the dead, the solemnization of matrimony ; and moreover declares…

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