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What do we mean by mission? A consideration of Re Holy Trinity, Horwich

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2012

Catherine Shelley
Catherine Shelley
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Assistant Curate, in Manchester Diocese
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The recent judgment in Re Holy Trinity Horwich in Manchester Consistory Court raises some interesting questions about the interpretation of mission in the application of the Bishopsgate questions. Thanks to the tests posed by the Bishopsgate questions, arising from the cases of Re St Helen Bishopsgate and Re St Luke the Evangelist Maidstone, the law governing faculty applications requires that the status quo be preserved in cases of church buildings with ‘special architectural and historical interest’ unless outweighed by the ‘necessity’ of ‘the pastoral well-being of the parish or some other compelling reason’.

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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 2012 , pp. 272 - 275
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2012

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