Second Reformation
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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[1], the Anglican Bishop of Tuam. Opposition in the west was led by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, John MacHale.
The Second Reformation was also opposed by moderates in the Church of Ireland. It petered out during the 1860s.
[edit] 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"
