GUARDING FREEDOM
CHURCHMAN’S WARNING CLAIMS BY THE STATE POSSIBLE DICTATORSHIP
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this da) Slating that he did not wish to discuss politics, but he felt that he should say what is concering him, the Primate of New Zealand, Archbishop Averill, told members of the Auckland Council of Christian Congregations that they should be on the watch against State totalitarianism. “We have to be on the watch against any State claims to totalitarian powers, that is to powers over our souls as well as our bodies.” he said. “I do not wish to speak about any particular Government, but we may have to fight some sort of dictatorship which may claim the right to say what the churches will or will not teach. “It is no use going to fight for the freedom of the Poles,” he added, “if we are going to lose our own freedom. We have got to take a militant aspect sometimes."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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158GUARDING FREEDOM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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