THE PRAYER BOOK—IF
“It is possible',” states tbe “Liverpool Post,” “that the Church Asicinhly will refuse to liave any further lealings with Parliament. It may, inleed, begin seriously to turn its face .awards Disestablishment, of at least to securing a degree of independence in the sphere of doctrine ana liscipline similar to that enjoyed by •he Scottish (establishment. Cliurclinen must this week have realised as >robably tliey never did before the mmiliating and archaic conditions in vhicli the Church of Kngland exists as in institution of State, If the reiceion of the Prayer Book measure exicerbates the crisis in the Church to ever pitch, if the friction between ival parties is enormously intensified, disestablishment certainly cannot he [clayed very much longer, whether or mt Disestablishment must mean, as ilr Baldwin regretfully supposes it .ill. the.sacrifice of that ideal of com- I irehonsion which is so attractive to lie English temper, with its pre|x>ndrunt emphasis oil the practical.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1928, Page 4
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157THE PRAYER BOOK—IF Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1928, Page 4
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