The Church of England and Constitutional Reform: The Enabling Act in British Politics and English Religion, 1913-1928
The Church of England and Constitutional Reform: The Enabling Act in British Politics and English Religion, 1913-1928
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英国国教与宪法改革：英国政治和英国宗教的授权法案，1913-1928
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10.1017/jbr.2022.174
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发表时间：
2023
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Williamson P
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Williamson P
1919年，一项议会法案重建了英国国家与英国国教之间的关系。该法案的通过具有相当大的宪法、政治、教会和宗教意义，综合考虑所有这些方面才能更好地理解该法案。教会获得了新的法定地位、高度自治和特殊立法程序，增强了其教会机构的特权。所有这一切都是在没有过去百年中伴随着许多教会和国家问题的激烈政治斗争的情况下实现的。 《授权法案》的顺利通过显然是英国教会与异教徒之间关系、公共宗教以及英国政治特征发生转变的征兆。但这也是令人印象深刻的说服和组织壮举的结果。尽管该法案没有确保预期的精神独立程度，正如 1927-28 年议会祈祷书危机期间痛苦地显而易见的那样，但它使教会机构处于更安全的位置，使其能够改革其行政和财务，并在未来几年获得进一步的优势和新形式的相关性。
In 1919, a parliamentary act reconstructed the relations between the British state and the Church of England. The passage of this act had considerable constitutional, political, ecclesiastical, and religious significance, and it is best understood by considering all of these aspects together. The church obtained a new statutory status, a large degree of self-government, and a special legislative procedure that augmented the privileges of its ecclesiastical establishment. All this was achieved without the intense political struggles that had accompanied many church and state issues during the previous hundred years. The apparent ease of the Enabling Act's passage was symptomatic of transformations in the relationship between the Church of England and nonconformity, in public religion, and in the character of British politics. But it was also the outcome of an impressive feat of persuasion and organization. Although the act did not secure the intended degree of spiritual independence, as became painfully evident during the parliamentary prayer book crisis in 1927–28, it placed the church establishment in a more secure position, allowing it to reform its administration and finances and to gain further advantages and new forms of relevance in future years.