The doctrines of the Low Church party also seemed to him tinged with superstition.
He belonged to the High Church party and was a brilliant controversialist.
In contrast we find the Church party attacking the Church hierarchy.
As a churchman he was a decided Erastian, and strongly opposed to the High Church party.
Bethell was during the whole of his life identified with the High Church party.
Edwin's actions roused the High Church party, brought out the pamphleteers, and caused a longer literary controversy.
Over the next decade the distinction between the Quaker party and the Church party grew more entrenched.
He advised the queen in ecclesiastical matters, and returned to his former position as the leader of the High Church party.
In theology Collier was an adherent of the High Church party, though his views were by no means orthodox.
Attitudes changed from the 1840s, with the High Church party turning against paid pews.