ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1927, Page 5

ANGLICAN CHURCH.

BISHOPS DISAGREE. Over Proposed Changes. (Sun Cable.) LONDON, Feb. 17. The next stage of the Revised Prayer Book is its submission to Convocation on February 22. Meanwhile, the supporting Bishops are necessarily silent, as their views are embodied in the Revised Prayer Book, which is circulating in the whole country. The Bishops of .Norwich and Birmingham have published opposing views, but the majority of the clergy and laity are awaiting the debates at Convocation. (Received February 18 at p.m.) LONDON, February 17. The “Daily News” says: “It is now recognised that the Anglican Church is faced by a great clash. The Bishops’ agreement as to the new Prayer Book is not so complete as at first appeared when the Archbishop of Canterbury indicated that there -was only one opponent.

The Bishops of Norwich and Birmingham have already dissented, and how the Bishop of Worcester suggests that ho ami others are not subscribers to certain matters.

The Bishop of Exeter, writing to the “Diocesan Gazette,” declares that he experienced an increasing depression during the Bishop’s meeting. He says: “What seemed to mp a great disaster seemed to most of the others a negligible risk. The suggestion that the alternative‘services will apj al to the different parties is especially disastrous, and is opposed to purest ideals of Christianity. We forget the only consideration worthy of entertainment, which is whether our Worship is pleasing to the Saviour. Nevertheless, the filial decision must lie accepted, 'because disobedience cannot be encouraged.”

DISMAL DEAN’S DOUBTS. LONDON, February 17. While Dean Inge expresses the opinion that the new Prayer Book should be accepted, he doubts if it will bring peace. “The spirit of lawlessness will not be easily eradicated. Scores of clergymen are prepared to defy the Bishops’ discipline, which does not exist. In London, things will be as before, with the advanced churches competing one with another to keep ahead of rivals. If the Bishops could tell the clergy to obey or resign, they would have public support.”