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Burials Act

United Kingdom [1880]
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  • Archibald Campbell Tait, chalk portrait by Lowes Cato Dickinson, 1867; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
    Archibald Campbell Tait

    …to his support of the Burials Act (1880), which legalized non-Anglican burial services in Anglican churchyards, and to his dislike for the sternness of the Athanasian Creed’s clauses regarding salvation.

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    …to his support of the Burials Act (1880), which legalized non-Anglican burial services in Anglican churchyards, and to his dislike for the sternness of the Athanasian Creed’s clauses regarding salvation.

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