Editing Frederick Temple (section)

== Archbishop of Canterbury ==

As archbishop he presided in 1897 over the decennial [[Lambeth Conferences|Lambeth Conference]]. In the same year Temple and [[Archbishop of York]] [[William Maclagan]] issued a joint response to ''[[Apostolicae curae]]'', a [[Papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Leo XIII]] which denied the validity of Anglican orders. In 1899 the archbishops again acted together, when an appeal was addressed to them by the united episcopate, to rule on the use of [[incense]] in divine service and on the carrying of lights in liturgical processions. After hearing the arguments the two archbishops decided against both practices.<ref>''The archbishops on the lawfulness of the liturgical use of incense and the carrying of lights in procession''. Lambeth Palace, 31 July 1899</ref> During his archiepiscopate Temple was deeply distressed by the divisions which were weakening the [[Church of England]], and many of his most memorable sermons were calls for unity.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=602}}
[[File:CollapseOfTemple.jpg|thumb|200px|Painting by [[Sydney Prior Hall]] depicting Archbishop Temple's collapse in the [[House of Lords]] while delivering a speech on the [[Education Act 1902|Education Bill]], 1902.]]
His first charge as primate on "Disputes in the Church" was felt to be a most powerful plea for a more catholic and a more charitable temper, and again and again during the closing years of his life he came back to this same theme. He was zealous also in the cause of foreign missions, and in a sermon preached at the opening of the new century he urged that a supreme obligation rested upon Britain at this epoch in the world's history to seek to evangelise all nations. In 1900 he presided over the World Temperance Congress in London, and on one occasion preached in the interests of women's education.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=602}}

On 9 August 1902, he discharged the important duties of his office at the [[coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra]], and two days later was received in private audience by the King and Queen to be presented with the [[Royal Victorian Chain]], a new decoration founded by the King in honour of his mother.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular|date=12 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36844}}</ref> In early October that year he visited [[University of Wales, Lampeter|St. David's Theological College]] in [[Lampeter]], Wales, for its 75th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Primate in Wales|date=3 October 1902 |page=8 |issue=36889}}</ref> The strain at his advanced age told upon his health, however. During a speech which he delivered in the [[House of Lords]] on 4 December 1902<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1902/dec/04/the-education-england-and-wales-bill|title = THE EDUCATION (ENGLAND AND WALES) BILL. (Hansard, 4 December 1902)}}</ref> on the [[Education Act 1902|Education Bill of that year]], he was taken ill, and, though he revived sufficiently to finish his speech, he never fully recovered, and died on 23 December 1902. He was interred in [[Canterbury Cathedral]] four days later, where his grave is located in the cloister garden. His second son, [[William Temple (archbishop)|William Temple]], became Archbishop of Canterbury thirty-nine years later and is buried close to him.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=602}}