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Churches, 1853

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Colonial Church Bill

Empire · Friday 18 November 1853 · page 5

THE following letter addressed by Sir James Stephen to Lord Harrowby, on the subject of the Colonial Church Regulation Bill (the order for the second reading of which was discharged on…

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Presbyterian Marriages Again

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 November 1853 · page 7

FROM a charge of "bigamy" lately preferred at the Police Office against one Thomas Smith, it is probable the Supreme Court will bs soon taken up, and the ingenuity of…

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Colonial Church Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 November 1853 · page 5

WE reprint from The Colonial Church Chronicle, for August, the Bill for enabling the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Church of England in the Colonies…

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Colonial Church Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1853 · page 3

THE following letter addressed by Sir James Stephen to Lord Harrowby, on the subject of the Colonial Church Regulation Bill (the order for the second reading of which was discharged…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, July 21. the Colonial Church Regulation Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1853 · page 3

Their lordships having gone into committee as this bill, the Archbishop of Canterbury stated that for some years past there had been considerable distress in the colonies for want…

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Conversions to the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1853 · page 6

The Univers gives the following as an imperfect list, correct as far as it goes, of the principal conversions to Catholicity that have recently taken place in Germany and…

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First Communion and Confirmation at St. Benedict's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1853 · page 9

At half past four o'clock on Sunday morning the beautiful soulstirring peal of St. Benedict's bells was heard ushering in a day of joy and gladness to the good people of that parish, soon…

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Established Church. Orthodox London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1853 · page 7

Now that an army of English missionaries as resolved upon taking Ireland by storm, let us glance at the flourishing condition in which they have left the "Establishment"…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church—a Southcotian Marriage

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1853 · page 7

Monday morning a most extraordinary and exciting scene occurred at the church of St. Peter's Walworth, which attracted vast crowds to the sacred edifice, and to all the…

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Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of St. Felix's Church, Irishtown

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 December 1853 · page 9

The imposing ceremony of Blessing and Laying the Foundation Stone of a New Catholic Church, at Irishtown, took place on Sunday last, the 4th instant. At half-past ten o'clock his…

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To the Members of the Church of England. (Per favour of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 10 December 1853 · page 3

Allow me, as briefly as I can, to call your serious attention to the present state of our Churches, and to the want of Church accommodation in this populous diocese…

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The Proposed Marriage Bill As It Affects the Church of England. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1853 · page 4

SIR,—The question as it regards the indignity to our Church, and hardship to ourselves, is likely to be sufficiently considered by others, and our attention has been principally directed…

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How Are the Colonial Churches to Be Connected with the Church of This Country? To the Editor of the Colonial Church Chronicle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1853 · page 5

SIR,—The sort of congress of Colonial Bishops which assembled in England this last spring has not separated without agrecing on the first principles of conoilier organization of their…

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Re-union with the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 8

THE attentive observer must be struck with the number of respectable and intelligent individuals who have, within the last few years, returned to the bosom of the Church…

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Domestic Intelligence. Catholic Almanac and Directory

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 9

On the 20th instant, will be published (as the advertising columns of the Metropolitan Journals have already announced) an acceptable addition to the means of promoting public instruction…

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Reasons. for Subscribing to the Exclusive Teaching and Authority of the Holy Catholic Church, by John Athanasius Cooke, Esq., Barrister-at-law. No. 1

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 5

At a mature period of life (the age of thirty-six), I experienced the happiness of hearing and afterwards attentively reading, the lectures delivered by Dr. Wiseman, at St. Mary's, in…

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Are the Ministers of the Episcopalian Church of New South Wales Bound to Ratify the Consummation of an Iniquitous Wedding If Specially Licensed by a Surrogate to Do So? To the Editor of the People's Advocate

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 5

SIR, -- I am constrained to address you in the hope that one or other of the many accomplished clergymen in the colony will be generous enough to relieve (per favour of your journal) the public anxiety by stating, if it is really the case that Ministers of the…

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Wesleyan Mission

Empire · Saturday 24 December 1853 · page 4

A very interesting meeting was held last evening in the Wesleyan Chapel, York-street, to [?]id farewell to King George Tubou, of the Friendly Islands, one of the first fruits of…

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Reasons. for Subscribing to the Exclusive Teaching and Authority of the Holy Catholic Church, by John Amanasius Cooke, Esq., Barrister—at-law. No. Ii

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 December 1853 · page 3

In reference to the first question, it is perfectly clear, that the New Testament contains no expression, by Christ or his apostles constituting it the sole and exclusive authority, in matters of…

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Colonial Church Legislation. (From the Melbourne Church of England Messenger.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1853 · page 7

The Bill of the Archbishop of Canterbury for permitting the members of the Church of England in the colonies, under certain restrictions, to manage their own ecclesiastical affairs,…

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