REJECTION OF COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM
By Churches’ World Council (Rec. 10.10) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2 “The Christian Church rejects the ideologies of both Communism and Capitalism, and snouid seek to draw men away from the false assumption that these are the only alternatives,” says a report on “The Church and the Disorder of Society,” presented today to the Assembly of the World Council of Churches. The report says: “Both Capitalism and Communism have made promises which neither can redeem. Communist ideology puts emphasis upon economic justice, and promises that - freedom will come, automatically, after completion of The Revolution. Capitalism puts emphasis upon freedom, and promises that' justice will follow as a by-product of free enterprise. That, too, is an ideology which has been proved false. “It is the responsiblity of Christians to seek new creative solutions which never allow either justice or ir&edom to destroy the other.
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Grey River Argus, 3 September 1948, Page 4
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