Bangorian Controversy.

Bangorian Controversy. Dr Benjamin Hoaddy, Bishop of Bangor, in a sermon preached before George I. in 1717 advanced opinions on the power of the church, by denying the authority of the church over the conscience. He thus drew on himself the fiercest opposition from the advocates of ecclesiastical authority, and provoked a long and keen controversy. In one month as many as seventy-four pamphlets were published on the subject. See HOADLY.