Established Church

The Established Church is a constitutional expression of the historic role of Christianity in shaping our national culture - and acknowledging this contributes towards our cohesion as a society, the sense that we are shaped by a common heritage.

Archive 2007-09-01 Burke's Corner 2007

The Established Church is a constitutional expression of the historic role of Christianity in shaping our national culture - and acknowledging this contributes towards our cohesion as a society, the sense that we are shaped by a common heritage.

Canterbury against the secularists Burke's Corner 2007

The Established Church was the Church of a very small minority, and its clergy, numbers of whom were absentees, were as unpopular as the absentee landlords and the absentee office-holders and pensioners.

The Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers 1896

Tsars are the vessels of Satan, that the Established Church is the dwelling-place of the Father of Lies, and that all who submit to the authorities are children of the Devil.

Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

Irish landlords, or at least a considerable number of Irish landlords, are quite willing to admit that the existence of the Established Church is a grievance.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

The opposition to what may be termed the Established Church had now lost its chief support by the removal of Vane from office, and his departure for England; and Mr. Cotton began to have that light in regard to his errors, which will sometimes break in upon the wisest and most pious men, when their opinions are unhappily discordant with those of the powers that be.

Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

They were not required while the Established Church was the Church of the majority.

Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

She looked, Inspector Curry reflected, exactly as the relict of a Canon of the Established Church should look

Twin Moons 2010

Our earliest founders were Puritans who had experienced discrimination because their beliefs and practices differed from those of the Established Church in England.

Timothy Naftali: Proposition 8 and Religious Freedom in Northern Orange County 2008

Well, at least we are no longer 'sleepwalking into dhimmitude', we are wide awake now - and find ourselves being led by the nose into it by the Head of the Established Church.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008