Second Reformation

Second Reformation

The Second Reformation was an evangelical campaign from the 1820s onwards, organised by fundamentalists in the Church of Ireland and Church of England.

Evangelical clergymen were known as "Biblicals" or "New Reformers". The Second Reformation was most zealously prosecuted in Connacht where it was encouraged by Thomas Plunket [ [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/p/Plunket,T/life.htm [2nd Baron Thomas Plunket ] ] , the Anglican Bishop of Tuam. Opposition in the west was led by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, John MacHale. The movement endeavoured (unsuccessfully) and in ecumenical terms disastrously, to proselytise amongst the Roman Catholic population of Ireland, frequently by highly dubious means in which material benefits were offered as a reward for conversion [Search, A Church of Ireland Journal, Summer 2008, p. 151]

The Second Reformation was also opposed by moderates in the Church of Ireland. It petered out during the 1860s.

References

*Irene Whelan (2005), "The Bible War in Ireland: The Second Reformation and the Polarization of Protestant-Catholic Relations, 1800-1840"

*Desmond Bowen (1978), "The Protestant Crusade in Ireland, 1800-70"

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