Talk:Diocese of Sodor and Man

Imaginary Map
I don't see what the point is of having an MSpaint-drawn imaginary map of an imaginary island. I've no idea where it came from, or what it's supposed to represent. If the author of the map wants to correct me and re-add it, that's fine, but please be more descriptive about what it's actually a map of.

Lankiveil 13:08, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Biases
I have slapped a tag on about this article's neutrality issues.

Firstly, it does not make clear that the Isle of Man has never been part of England.

Secondly, there is the more serious issue of historical continuity. Anglicans like to pretend that their dioceses and bishoprics have this, but in this particular case, the article is written as if the Anglican and pre-Reformation diocese are one and the same. Certainly not. They are different denominations, and the Church of England appropriated the Roman Catholic names and titles. Along with their property...--MacRusgail (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Manx
Did the Act of Uniformity stipulate English as the only ecclesiastical language, as this article seems to suggest? Possibly, but I've never heard that. I know that historically there was an English-language preference in the Church of England in Wales, for example, but the SPCK under John Phillips was engaged in Welsh translations of the Prayer Book etc by the beginning of the 18th century, and certainly the Act of Uniformity applied in Wales... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.69.105 (talk) 15:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Literary Reference
When Rev W Awdry needed a location for his Railway Series of books, he thought of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, and invented the Island of Sodor between Man and the Mainland. This is presumably the Imaginary Map that is mentioned in the first section. Would a reference (correctly cited) be encyclopaedic or just trivial clutter. Would a map of Sodor (with context explicitly stated) be appropriate? OrewaTel (talk) 12:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)