'Unkind Utterance'
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VICAR'S CRITICISM Archbishop's Speech On Abdication 'OFFICIAL CHRISTIANITY'
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(Beceived 16, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 15. Attacking the ATchbishop of Canterbury's broadcast on the abdication of King Edward, the vicar, the Bev. Herbert Card. of Birmingham, said: "It may appear presumptuous to criticise, but it appears to me that official Christianity is Christianity a| its worst. After all, thejre is something called Ohristian charity, even in judgment. "It is an unldnd utterance ana makes on© feel that the disestablishment and diseudowment of the Church of England might prove its salvation. The apirit oi the whole broadcast seemed hardly in accordance with Him Who said: 'Let him without ein cast the first stone.' " Eeferring to King Edward, Mr Card said: "He won himself a place jn the hearts of the people whieh Prass leaders suecceded in denying popular expression during the crisis, but they will never succeed in baniehing ihe people 's affection "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 1, 16 January 1937, Page 5
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