STATE CHALLENGES CHURCH
«' With tlle doctrlne of FaScism, individualisiu is justified oiily in so far as it is all eleineiit of Bt&te, or, according to Hitlef, in so far as it is a nation or cdinmiinity/' said Professor Adolf Kelior, of Geneva, addi'eSSing tlie World Confei'encO Oii Ckurch, Commuiiity and Stato at Oxford. "Wkat has the Church of faith to do in a World of science, iii a World of economic strife, and in a world of politicai power? Whon is she to spcak and when is she to be silent? When is She to fight aiid suffer? The German Church conflict and the defence Of the Italian Christians show tbat we are eugaged in a new fight, whefe the State ciaims to give not onJy law and prolection but thCology, where it tries to orgaiiiso eonscienee, formulate creeds and tries to impose a myth, It is in this aitua* tion, that of the struggle of the Church of faith surrounded by those powerl'ui elements of the present world, that a decision is asked from us. The Chnrch idyli is over, and we have to take our stand fof Christ or Oaesar, Christ or anti-Christ. And that decision is not reached in one single act in our conference. Our Ohristian life ahd faith is a continuaJ aet of decision for or ngainst God.'1
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 199, 8 September 1937, Page 4
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