MODERNISM
BISHOP CHERRINGTON’S VIEWS. . HAMILTON, July 2. “All of us must Modernists to some extent,” said Bishop Cherrington in his charge to Synod to-day. “For example, rejection of the verbal inspiration of the and acceptance of tile theory of evolution are now looked upon as commonplaces.” Speaking of'the campaign against teaching evolution in schools, the Bishop said: “It seems to me that we might as well question the teaching of the law of gravitation or the circulation of the blood.” It had been supposed in some quarters that the special Creation theory had the authority of the Book of Genesis. It would not matter if it had, since the early chapters of Genesis were quite a modern production, dating not much more than four hundred years before Christ. As a matter of fact, the narrative spoke of an orderly process gradually perfecting growth, which would fit the evolutionary hypothesis. “For the true scholar, humble and devout, all paths of learning lead to Heaven,” he said.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1929, Page 2
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