CHURCH UNION
momentous plan. FUSION OF . DENOMINATIONS (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received January 22, 2.16 p.m. ’ LONDON, Jan. 21. The most momentous religious development in modern times, directly affecting nearly 32,000,00 Q . people, i™ foreshadowed by the completion of . joint plan for the fusion of the Church of England and the Methodist, Congregational, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Moravian denominations. A draft drawn up by the Archbishop of York, eleven Anglican Bishops and foui leaders of the free churches provides the foundation for a United Church of England- ‘ The plan, which is the outcome ot years of study, provides for the inauguration of an Episcopal Church, composed of Anglican Bishops, who accept the new constitution and a number of Fr~e Church Bishops chosen Tor consecration by their churches. The Archbishop of Canterbury would bo ex-officio chairman of the General AsChurch would he free from the control of the State in respect o faith, worship, morals, discipline and government, while acknowledging, the jurisdiction of tlid Civil Courts in such matters as property endowments.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 24 January 1938, Page 2
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172CHURCH UNION Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 24 January 1938, Page 2
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