University:
Boston University
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MET HI 215 | Special Topics in History
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2022
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315

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2
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Alexus Leon

Appendix Gladstone’s Colonial Church Clause Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, May 6, 1850 And whereas doubts have existed as to the rights and privileges of the bishops, clergy, and other members of the United Church of England and Ireland, in regard to the management of the internal affairs thereof in the said Colonies, Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the bishop or bishops of any diocese, or dioceses, in the said Colonies, or in any Colony which Her Majesty shall, by Order in Council, declare to be joined to them for the purposes next hereinafter described, and the clergy and lay persons, being declared members of the Church of England, or being otherwise in communion with him or them respectively, to meet together from time to time, and, at such meeting, by mutual consent, or by a majority of voices of the said clergy and laity, severally and respectively, with the assent of the said bishop, or of a majority of the said bishops, if more than one, to make all such regulations as may be necessary for the better conduct of their ecclesiastical affairs, and for the holding of meetings for the said purpose thereafter. Provided always, and be it Enacted, That it shall not be lawful to impose or inflict, by any such regulation, any temporal or pecuniary penalty or disability other than such as may attach to the avoidance of any office or benefice held in the said church. Provided also, and be it Enacted, That no such regulation shall be binding on any person or persons other than the said bishop or bishops, and the clergy and the lay persons, within the said Colonies, who are, or may be declared, members of the Church of England, or otherwise in communion with him or them respectively. Provided also, and be it Enacted, That any such regulation, touching the existing relation of the said bishops, clergy, and others, to the Metropolitan see of Canterbury, shall be forthwith transmitted by the presiding bishop, or his deputy, to the Archbishop of the said see, and shall be subject to disallowance by the said Archbishop, under his hand and seal, at any time within twelve months from the passing of the said regulation, or within six months from the receipt thereof by the said Archbishop, but not afterwards. Provided also, and be it Enacted, That it shall not be competent to the said bishops, clergy, and lay persons, or any of them, to pass any regulation affecting the rights of the Crown in the nomination of bishops, without the consent of her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. Provided also, and be it Enacted, That no such regulation made as aforesaid shall authorize the bishop of any diocese to confirm or consecrate, or to ordain, license, or institute, any person to any see, or to any pastoral charge or other Episcopal or clerical office, except upon such persons having immediately before taken the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty, and having likewise subscribed the Articles of the United Church of England and Ireland, and declared his unfeigned assent and consent to the Book of Common Prayer.