English Churchman
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| Type | Fortnightly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | English Churchman Trust |
| Editor | Rev Christopher Pierce |
| Founded | 7 February 1761 |
| Political alignment | Church of England / Anglican Communion |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 8 Cradlehall Gardens, Cradlehall Inverness, Scotland |
| Website | www |
The English Churchman is a Protestant family newspaper published in the UK with a global readership. The newspaper is not an official organ of the Church of England, but is one of only three officially recognised church papers, alongside the Church Times and the Church of England Newspaper.[1] The formal title of the newspaper is English Churchman and St James' Chronicle. St James Chronicle dates from 1761. The first edition of a newspaper under the name English Churchman was published on 5 January 1843.
The paper has a reputation for being 'robustly Reformed and Protestant, Evangelical, as the Formularies of the Church of England teach' (i.e. the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Book of Common Prayer, and the ordinal).[2]
Contrary to general ecclesiastical trends, the English Churchman began life as an Anglo-Catholic newspaper but it was taken into evangelical hands in 1884 where it has remained ever since.[3] As of 1 February 2021, the editor is a clergyman in the Church of Ireland.[4]
The cover cost of English Churchman has risen from one penny per copy in the late nineteenth century to one pound at present.[5] The newspaper was originally weekly but has since the 1970s been published fortnightly. Most readers are subscribers who receive the newspaper by post, though the paper was historically available through newsagents.
References[]
- ^ Church of England Yearbook 2010, p.229
- ^ English Churchman Edition EC8073, p.6
- ^ Atholz, Josef, The Religious Press in Britain, 1760-1900 (New York, 1989), p.27. English Churchman was 'set up for the express purpose of advocating Tractarian views' (London Evening Standard 1 Sept 1843, p.4) and ranked alongside the British Critic as one of the 'two great Tractarian organs' (St James Chronicle, 14 October 1843, p.4) The paper was acquired by those in sympathy with the Church Association (G.R. Balleine, A History of the Evangelical Party in the Church of England, Longmans, 1909, p.293)
- ^ English Churchman Edition EC8073
- ^ Westminster Gazzette, 1 Dec 1898 p.4
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