Abstract / Description of output
In 1869, Parliament disestablished the Church of Ireland, dissolving what Benjamin Disraeli called the ‘sacred union’ of church and state in Ireland. Disestablishment involved fundamental issues – the identity and purpose of the established church, the religious nature of the state, the morality of state appropriation of church property for secular uses, and the union of Ireland and Britain – and debate was carried on at a high intellectual level. With disestablishment, the Church of Ireland lost much of its property, but it recovered, now as an independent Episcopal church with a renewed mission. The idea of the United Kingdom as a semi-confessional Protestant state, however, was dealt a serious blow.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-160 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Bulletin of the John Rylands Library |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 10 May 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 May 2021 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Act of Union
- church
- disestablishment
- state
- United Church of England and Ireland