Ecclesiastical Committee: recent publications

29 Nov 2018

The Ecclesiastical Committee has published the current Church of England Measures under consideration: Ecumenical Relations Measure  HL Paper 231/HC 1687. Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure HL Paper 232/HC 1688. Church Property Measure  HL Paper...

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch delivers the Lyndwood Lecture 2018

09 Nov 2018

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch more than lived up to his reputational promise in delivering Richard Hooker (1554 – 1600): Invention and Re-invention at the Temple Church on 7 November. It was an altogether splendid presentation and not the first distinguished lecture...

Peter Smith on Visitations

14 Oct 2018

27 years ago, Peter Smith had contributed an authoritative analysis of Visitations in the Ecclesiastical Law Journal (Smith, P. (1991). ‘Points of Law and Practice Concerning Ecclesiastical Visitations’ Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2(9), 189-212. In a well-attended...

Sir Philip Mawer on the role of Independent Reviewer

12 Oct 2018

On 11 October, some 35 people gathered at the diocesan offices of the Diocese of Leeds for a lecture by Sir Philip Mawer. Sir Philip was the first Independent Reviewer appointed to review grievances and concerns relating to the operation of the House of Bishops’...