Word: glebe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Copies of the letter have been sent to the Boston Glebe and the Christian Science Monitor, and Bernays expects that it will be reprinted in the near future. In addition, other copies will be sent to all the members of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, he said...
This sorry state has created a major problem for the Church of England. A century ago, a pastor's income consisted of tithes (10% of each farmer's yield), plus glebe lands (owned by the parish), plus the pastor's own private income as the son of a gentleman. In those days, a man of the cloth could set a good table, collect a few rare books, and lay down some decent port. But today's private incomes have been wiped out by inheritance taxes, tithes were abolished in 1936, and most glebe lands have been...