Reading Barchester Towers: Qs about CofE practices, controversies, hierarchy, etc.

[commasense]

That’s a very helpful summary, astorian. Thanks.

And thanks again to you, too, Northern Piper.

[Northern_Piper]

@commasense

Weirdo!

I got all the stuff about Sabbatarianism as Trollope explains it. I was wondering about the smaller matter of why Mr Slope never used the word “Sunday,” but only “Sabbath.” I assume it was an excess of zeal for the principle, a feeling that “Sunday” had come to stand for all the backsliding, and that always saying “Sabbath” emphasized its religious importance (and his own position)?

That would be my take as well.