CHURCH AND STATE

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1928, Page 6

CHURCH AND STATE

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-V- .*: H-A U ' Sopteinhcr 24. The* Bishop, of Durham preaching at N T cw Shildou,"'.quoted'the text'; plTender ,'iinto Caisarr-the things that araCmsar s, and .to God the things that are Gpcl-s.’* He then went on to argue that the State 'had iio right to iitterfcrenwitli .the. Church, in'. its spiriyiaP affairs. . When tjhe'' ; G'liurph a.ndMhe. State ■ were . in, conflict/-,there was no .State, whose nlninq avastspprgnie.'. .. v’.■; Bishop,fHensley Henson’s declaration .uhovederiyqs.. -additipna I, significance trpnvf That' ifbijty-tliree Archbishops and Bishops, who are. meeting at- ’ LambetWCbnr Tuesday,-.: will discuss - the v -situation, ftdipwing. pii the recent Reject ip n pfytlie Revised Prayer Booh measure. The Bishops are expected to ; appoint h Cqit.mi.ttpg of iStalpsmeir and | jCl'ujrclimgn ; to, : qpn'sider the readjustments that are necessary to determine p.he .-relations. -Jpetween the Cpinrchr and The!State ; vfmt’a 'ffiqjp immediate ' pro-, blem is the question of how’.to regu- . Inrise wdrslpp so,; as to prevent Hie Anglican Church from lapsing into -.a^-ee-'to-’peiTnit--variations in-fhe-ser-vice and the occasional offices of the tjew Pra^r - ' p" 4 ’ A difficulty is that the Anglo-Caflu'i" clergy may be t4{willin^ ,, ''td .’surrender the practices whicfi ‘they "have been per . .mittecV to use by ,A’ai;i°us Bishops for rthe Halt yearsty'On t|id |.Cp.n|^ry, f the Protestan backed, as the believe. In Parliament, may take legal action. A seiptjs .pf prosecptionspHl. this; .cmpiectip” \yould be a grievous calamity, and ,vopl(d greatly hamper the. Church, A

TfiE. AEGL,O-CATH,OLIpS.. , - : LONDON. September 2-1. Thrpa.tenipg tq" witjlidfaw; from the Chjirch .Congress 'pnd .to persuade others not .to .aftencl,, Lprcl Jlalifax, the 'eader of the Anglo-Catho.lics, togetliei .yith no fewer than 724 clergyjjnen, has !-;ent {a letter" 'tp. .the "Bishop .of ..Glouce|ster objecting- to Rpy. ' Doctor-*-H. h ylajor, the editor of “The Afodern Churchman,” speaking at the Church .&©ngross■:••-y--'-'' 'p-; • Dr A[ajor, : D.D.; js the Examining Chaplain to the Bjsliop of Birmingham ■ is" well ' its 'dilitop of' “ The Alqdern ClHirbhman.’Ey He • wips-horp- in 18cO arid" is the son of a New Zealander, M}' H. D. Major, Kati-Kati, and receiv'-his-,early peVucatipu in Zealand. He'-.marf&'cr k "Nffi\; r ’ Zeltjhbcf ;girl, -Miss Mary ’ ’ 4lcApllau,f of," Rejiiuefij- , v . Dr .Major : ji the .afith"bj’"^*of sfyefjl relig'ipus •works... . • ' • The letter of Lord Halifax and the -^247clergymen declares that the views of " Dl''tAfirjor are slipqking, and are qnly. iripert.ersion of the gospels. ; The/C Paily. 'Jfewf.J^ tlu ’ 4]unfon\i t}mt-tliis obyeftio'h i t s a-pew heresy .hunt,- says ptiiat it understands that- Df ' ALijor’k® address, -relating to The Anglican interpiptatiag df the doctrines of Christianity, deals with the matter in an uncontroversial way.