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Practicable Re-Adjustments of the Relations of the Church to the State: A Paper Read by the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, M. P. At the Manchester Diocesan Conference, November 22nd, 1877
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In discussing this question I wish to lay considerable stress on the word practicable. I do not propose to consider how the relations of the Church to the State could be reconstructed, if, as in America and our colonies, we had to begin de novo, nor do I wish to treat as an open question the desirability of the union of Church and State, which, before such an assembly, I take for granted. The civil and ecclesiastical rights handed down to us as a precious heritage from the past have rendered great benefits to the nation and the Church, and we must beware lest we reck lessly tamper with or diminish any of them. But the changes which have been made in the Legislature during the last half century (the full effect of which the Church is now feeling, and the more acutely in consequence of its very vigour and activity), render necessary some modification of the existing relations between Church and State.
In discussing this question I wish to lay considerable stress on the word practicable. I do not propose to consider how the relations of the Church to the State could be reconstructed, if, as in America and our colonies, we had to begin de novo, nor do I wish to treat as an open question the desirability of the union of Church and State, which, before such an assembly, I take for granted. The civil and ecclesiastical rights handed down to us as a precious heritage from the past have rendered great benefits to the nation and the Church, and we must beware lest we reck lessly tamper with or diminish any of them. But the changes which have been made in the Legislature during the last half century (the full effect of which the Church is now feeling, and the more acutely in consequence of its very vigour and activity), render necessary some modification of the existing relations between Church and State.
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Published August 24, 2018
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