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The Ireland Yearly Meeting is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland. It is one of many Yearly Meetings (YM's) of Friends around the world. A notable aspect of the Ireland YM is that it encompasses meetings with widely divergent Christian viewpoints from theologically conservative (evangelical) to theologically liberal.
The English-speaking minority mostly adhered to the Church of Ireland or to Presbyterianism, while the Irish-speaking majority remained faithful to the Latin liturgy of Roman Catholicism. From this period on, sectarian conflict became a recurrent theme in Irish history.
MacCarthy, Robert Ancient and Modern: a short history of the Church of Ireland. Four Courts Press Ltd., 1995; McCormack, Christopher F. "The Irish Church Disestablishment Act (1869) and the general synod of the Church of Ireland (1871): the art and structure of educational reform." History of Education 47.3 (2018): 303–320. McDowell, Robert ...
The Roman Catholic Church had a powerful influence over the Irish state for much of its history. The clergy's influence meant that the Irish state had very conservative social policies, forbidding, for example, divorce , contraception , abortion , pornography as well as encouraging the censoring and banning of many books and films.
These meetings were intended for church members and missionaries and helped establish the permanence of the church in the area. [13] Missionaries also faced persecution in the form of mobs, stoning, smoking out of church meetings, and on one occasion, a foghorn, among other acts that often disturbed church gatherings. [17]
Ian R. K. Paisley, The "Fifty-Nine" Revival: An Authentic History of the Great Ulster Awakening of 1859 (1958) Rev. John Weir, The Ulster Awakening: Its Origin, Progress, and Fruit. With Notes of a Tour of Personal Observation and Inquiry (1860) Rev. Wiliam Gibson, "The Year of Grace: A History of the Ulster Revival of 1859" (1860)
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The Irish Council of Churches (ICC) (founded 1922, reorganised under its present name 1966) is an ecumenical Christian body. [1] It is a sister organisation of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland .