Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

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Title:: Part VII. The Church in the dominions

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PART VII. THE CHURCH IN THE DOMINIONS CHAPTER IT § 1. Tur LEcaL Position oF THE CHURCH Tur position of the Church in the Colonies presents a remarkable contrast to the position of the Church in the United Kingdom. It is true that at the present day the gradual disuse or formal repeal of the powers of ecclesias- tical jurisdiction, other than those referring to ecclesiastical members of the Church itself, has considerably diminished the importance of the official recognition by the State of the Church as an essential part of the State. But the connexion has only been diminished ; it remains in full force in many particulars, and the presence of the bishops in the House of Lords is a significant sign of the connexion of Church and State. Moreover, the Crown not only has the full control over the appointment of the archbishops and bishops, besides possessing an extensive ecclesiastical patronage, but the ecclesiastical Courts exercise complete jurisdiction on the terms laid down by Parliament over members of the Church itself. In the Dominions at the present day, except in the case of the Province of Quebec, it cannot be said that there is any organic connexion between the Church and the State. ' In a sense the State has little control over the Church in Quebec, which is subject to an external power, the Pope, who issues laws binding Catholics— cf. his marriage laws in the Canadian Annual Review, 1908, p. 629, and Gladstone, Vatican Decrees, p. 43. But the Church can compel by law the payment of dues by Roman Catholics, and thus obtains great privilege from, while independent of, the State. The Law Officers once advised that the Crown could appoint Roman Catholic bishops in Canada by the prerogative, but it was not done ; see Forsyth, Cases and Opinions on Constitutional Law, pp. 49-51. »

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