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=== Act of 1919 ===
{{Main|Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919}}
The [[Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919]] ([[9 & 10 Geo. 5]]. c. 76) gave a considerable degree of self-government to the [[Church of England]] while retaining overall parliamentary supervision. Before its passing, almost all adjustments to the legal structure of the Church of England had involved getting a specific bill through Parliament.<ref>{{cite dictionary |last1=Cross |first1=F. L. |last2=Livingstone |first2=E. A. |dictionary=The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1971 |title=Enabling Act, The}}</ref> It took nine sessions to approve the salary of the [[Archdeacon of Cornwall]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Iremonger |first=F. A. |title=William Temple |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1948 |page=223}}</ref> and of the 217 bills introduced into the House of Commons between 1880 and 1913, only 33 passed into law for lack of parliamentary time, among the casualties being the bills to establish new dioceses.<ref>{{cite book |last=Garbett |first=Cyril |title=The Claims of the Church of England |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1947 |pages=192ff.}}</ref>
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