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English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestants who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1] English Dissenters opposed state interference in religious matters and founded their own churches, educational establishments [ 2 ] and communities.
Robert Browne (d. 1633) was a student who became an Anglican priest late in life. At Cambridge University , he was influenced by Puritan theologians, including Thomas Cartwright (1535–1603). Browne became a Lecturer at St Mary's Church, Islington where his dissident preaching against the doctrines and disciplines of the Church of England ...
The council, which includes Anglican bishops, other clergy, and laity, meets every two or three years in different parts of the world. The Anglican Consultative Council has a permanent secretariat (the Anglican Communion Office), based at Saint Andrew's House, London, which is responsible for organizing meetings of the "Instruments of Communion".
The New Dissenters (and also the Anglican evangelicals) stressed personal morality issues, including sexuality, family values, and temperance. Both factions were politically active, but until mid-19th century the Old group supported mostly Whigs and Liberals in politics, while the New, like most Anglicans, generally supported Conservatives .
The Lambeth Conference convenes as the Archbishop of Canterbury summons an assembly of Anglican bishops every ten years. The first took place at Lambeth in 1867.. As regional and national churches freely associate with the Anglican Communion, the Conferences serve a collaborative and consultative function, expressing "the mind of the communion" on issues of the day. [1]
N.J. Methodist Conference says it is treating dissenters fairly. The lawsuit is not officially served on the conference. The Rev. James Lee, its communications director, responded to the case ...
The North American Anglican Conference (NAAC) was a federation of Continuing Anglican church bodies in the United States and Canada. [1] It was founded on August 15, 2008, by an assembly of bishops, clergy, and laity gathered in Romulus, Michigan , for the purpose of ratifying the association's proposed statement of principles.
The September 14–16, 1977 Congress of St. Louis was an international gathering of nearly 2,000 Anglicans in St. Louis, Missouri, united in their rejection of theological changes introduced by the Anglican Church of Canada and by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (then known as Protestant Episcopal Church USA) in its General Convention of 1976. [1]