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CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY.

“The Church would g-.-.in by having closer contacts with University thought. Rihdoal criticism as applied to the New Testament is leading to conclusions on the part of some scholars of a very disturbing nature. The advances of modern science are having a profound influence on philosophy and are affecting the whole background of religious thought. It would be a great advantage to have in the Lower House of Convocation men who live in tire atmosphere created by this modern scientific knowledge. I think that, if there had been able critics in the Lower House who had lived in .such atmosphere, we should never have had such revolutions on unction and the laying on of hands in the form in which they now appear on our agenda as sent up by the Lower House. It is most disastrous that the divergence between the modern scientific spirit, and Church leaders should appear to he increasing, and anything tlmt we can do to prevent such a development we ought to try to attempt.”—The Bishop of Birmingham;

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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 7

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176

CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY. Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 7

CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY. Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 7

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