Anglican Church

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Cultural formation Katharine S. Macquoid
She was born into the urban middle class, of Welsh descent on at least her father's side. She seems to have been an Anglican , and was presumably white.
Cultural formation John Henry Newman
Brought up, educated, and ordained in the Anglican Church , JHN began, with others, to entertain fears for its future as a national church. Emancipation of Catholics and Dissenters led them to suppose that the...
Cultural formation Jane Austen
JA 's family had links with the English nobility, but shortage of cash made their gentry status less than wholly secure. JA was a strong Anglican believer.
Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
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Cultural formation Anne Brontë
AB came from an Irish and English background, Anglican on both sides. Her father's tireless activity as rector in Haworth and surrounding areas made her a member of a prominent and respectable, if financially strapped...
Cultural formation Juliana Horatia Ewing
Her parents were members of the English professional class, and were devout Anglicans .
Cultural formation Margaret Gatty
She was born into an English, presumably white, strongly Anglican family of the professional class. Male members of her family on both sides had risen in their professions through sheer ability, and there was a...
Cultural formation Queen Victoria
Princess Alexandrina Victoria was confirmed an Anglican at the Chapel Royal, St James's, London.
Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row, 1964.
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Cultural formation Elizabeth Strickland
Elizabeth, while remaining a practising Anglican , became remarkable for her capacity to think herself into the mindset of British Roman Catholics at a time when the generally dominant party in England saw them as...
Cultural formation Susanna Parr
SP apparently grew up in the Church of England . Then, seeking a reformation in religion, admiring the non-established churches of New England, and looking, in the heady Civil War years, towards the idea...
Cultural formation Laurence Hope
Adela Cory's English parents were living in India at the time of her birth, as did many Britons throughout the period of British rule over the sub-continent. Her mother's family heritage was Irish. Adela was...
Cultural formation Mary Ann Kelty
MAK thought that the existential angst she suffered during her childhood was unique until she read Margaret Fuller 's Memoirs.
Kelty, Mary Ann. Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling. W. Pickering, 1852.
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She felt her unhappiness as a child and young woman was good for...
Cultural formation L. T. Meade
She was born into the Anglo-Irish middle class and brought up as a member of the Church of Ireland .
Black, Helen C. Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask: Biographical Sketches. Spottiswoode, 1896.
223
A friend said that her faith was essentially a religion of brightness and of love.
Black, Helen C. Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask: Biographical Sketches. Spottiswoode, 1896.
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Cultural formation Elizabeth Bury
Brought up in the Church of England , she left the church in the Restoration period, with her stepfather and the rest of her family, to become a Dissenter . She remembered that she was...
Cultural formation Charlotte Dacre
CD was a teenager when her Jewish parents divorced; presumably she was brought up in Judaism until this event; probably she completed her upbringing as an Anglican gentlewoman. She must have been to a greater...
Cultural formation Anna Williams
When AW felt her self close to death, she had the Church of England 's office of the Communion of the Sick performed in her bedroom, being too weak to get up.
Johnson, Samuel. The Letters of Samuel Johnson. Editor Redford, Bruce, The Hyde Edition, Princeton University Press, 1992–1994, 5 vols.
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23 December 1919: The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as...

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23 December 1919

The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act: this gave the Church of England greater control over its own affairs, thereby reducing the power of the institutional connection...

23 December 1919: The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as...

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23 December 1919

The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act: this gave the Church of England greater control over its own affairs, thereby reducing the power of the institutional connection...

31 March 1920: The Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which disestablished...

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31 March 1920

The Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which disestablished the Anglican Church in Wales, came into effect.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1921: Lord Dawson of Penn, the King's physician,...

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1921

Lord Dawson of Penn , the King's physician, advocated birth control on medical, social and especially personal grounds
Brookes, Barbara. Abortion in England: 1900-1967. Croom Helm, 1988.
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in his address to a Church of England congress in Birmingham.
Brookes, Barbara. Abortion in England: 1900-1967. Croom Helm, 1988.
64
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
243

15 June 1928: A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the...

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15 June 1928

A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the Church of England had been working for years and which among other details deleted the word obey from women's marriage vows, was rejected by Parliament

October 1928: The Church Militant, a feminist Anglican...

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October 1928

The Church Militant, a feminist Anglican monthly, ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1936: The Church of England Archbishops' Commission...

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1936

The Church of EnglandArchbishops' Commission on Women and the Ministry drew its conclusions and published its report.
Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
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After June 1936: Under the Tithe Act, the British government...

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After June 1936

Under the Tithe Act, the British government paid the Church of England something over seventy-two million pounds in lieu of the tithes it would have received over the next sixty years. But payment of tithes...

1942: The Anglican Church relaxed its expectation...

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1942

The Anglican Church relaxed its expectation that women should invariably wear hats in church.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1944: The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall, ordained...

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1944

The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall , ordained the first Anglican woman priest, Lei Tim Oi . Hall's church colleagues, however, asked her to resign, and she did so in 1946.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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1944: Deaconess Florence Li Tim Oi was ordained...

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1944

Deaconess Florence Li Tim Oi was ordained by Bishop R. O. Hall as the first woman Anglican minister in the world.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
408
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
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Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
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1958: The Lambeth Conference of bishops from the...

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1958

The Lambeth Conference of bishops from the Church of England gave its seal of approval to the practice of birth control.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
268

2 December 1960: Pope John XXIII met Dr Fisher, Archibishop...

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2 December 1960

Pope John XXIII met Dr Fisher , Archibishop of Canterbury, at the Vatican.
Allen, John L., Jr. “The Word from Rome”. New Catholic Reporter, 10 Oct. 2003.

11 October 1962: Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican...

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11 October 1962

Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
420
Stanford, Peter. “How the Catholic Church Differs from Other Denominations”. BBC: Society and Culture: Religion and Ethics: Christianity: Subdivisions: The Catholic Church, pp. 1-3.
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After 5 March 1971: Following an important meeting of the Anglican...

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After 5 March 1971

Following an important meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council at Limuru in Kenya, the bishop of Hong Kong and Macao (the diocese in which Florence Li was in 1944 ordained the world's first female...

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