''The Orthodox Churchman's Magazine'' was an English
High Church
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monthly, appearing from 1801 to 1808. It was launched in March 1801, as
William Pitt the younger
William Pitt the Younger (28 May 175923 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ir ...
resigned from government over
Catholic emancipation
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, and took an anti-Catholic editorial line. It was initially edited by
William Hamilton Reid. The ''Magazine'' was hostile to
deists
Deism ( or ; derived from the Latin ''deus'', meaning " god") is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology that generally rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge, and asserts that empirical reason and observation of ...
,
Latitudinarians
Latitudinarians, or latitude men, were initially a group of 17th-century English theologiansclerics and academicsfrom the University of Cambridge who were moderate Anglicans (members of the Church of England). In particular, they believed that a ...
,
Methodists and
Unitarians, and its tone was set from the first issue by the High Church views of
William Stevens.
Contributors
Contributors included:
*
William Hales, writing as "Inspector";
*
Edward Pearson;
*
Richard Polwhele;
*
John Rendle; and
*
Thomas Thirlwall.
Notes
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Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom
1801 establishments in England
1808 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Anglican newspapers and magazines
Religious magazines published in the United Kingdom
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