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More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues.
As before, the topics covered in these occasional posts do not necessarily represent our most-read blogs, but reflects the current interests of readers accessing the site on (mostly) contemporary issues.
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For those unfamiliar with the architecture of the Church of England’s revised website , we have posted some quick links to areas of potential interest to ecclesiastical lawyers (and clergy), here , (law & policy); […]