Moorman, J.R.H. A History of the Church in England 1980

The early chapters are a waste land of old error.

210: The Puritan meetings could be & very often were very edifying, especially if conducted by scholars. [So much for saintliness]

264: The spirit of tolerance, or rather, of weariness"

279: [under the Whigs] "clergy who were ambitious, as indeed, most of them were ..."

324: [industrial revolution] "large masses of people were crowded together in conditions which were often brutal and degrading" [often?]

332: Thomas Arnold looking to create "a truly national church in which all sincere Christians could be united, except Roman Catholics and Unitarians"

351: the church started a number of training schools: "Care was taken to see that the children were not educated above their station"

388: "Christ came to save the world, not civilize it" [Catherine Booth]

401: The Church Association believed much in the weapon of persecution... In 1888, the saintly bishop of London, Edward King, was tried by Archbishop Benson, and found guilty of the mixed chalice, the manual acts, the sign of the cross.

418: More successful were the efforts made among the better type of soldier

443: Women who wish to give their lives to the church are naturally reluctant to enter a profession in which there is no prospect of promotion

445: The worship of the C of E is controlled by Parliament

And so on and on. The early history is false. The "bishop" of Ripon is an embarrassment.