‘Guardians of the Faith’: The Established Churches of the United Kingdom, 1801–1828
‘Guardians of the Faith’: The Established Churches of the United Kingdom, 1801–1828
This chapter discusses the three established churches of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and the respective conditions between the years 1801 and 1828. It reveals that the churches were a semi-confessional Protestant State, and were considered the religious authority at that time. Parishes were the fundamental unit of both ecclesiastical and civil government. The churches of England and Ireland were Episcopalian in nature, while Scotland was Presbyterian. The chapter explains how the three churches responded to dissent and the formation of new dissent churches. It also discusses the formation of church parties and the controversies that arose from them.
Keywords: Protestant State, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church of Ireland, ecclesiastical government, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, parish, civil government, dissent churches
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