MODERNISM EXPLAINED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 597, 25 February 1929, Page 14

MODERNISM EXPLAINED

BELIEFS OF THE NEW THOUGHT CLEARING SUPERSTITION The beliefs of the Alodernist and their divergence from those of traditional religion were explained by the Rev. Dr. H. D. A. Alajor, principal of Ripon Hall, Oxford, to a large congregation at St. Alary’s Cathedral, Parnell, last evening. Dr. Alajor urged his audience to give serious consideration to the new thought. “The modernist policy,” he said, “is an educational policy essentially. It has to depend on education. If people will not think, then Modernism has no message for them. If they wish to learn and if they wish to place religion more in relation to home life than it is to-day, then Modernism can do a great deal to help them.” Dr. Alajor said that the spirit of Modernism was beginning to penetrate the churches. Such a movement needed a spear-head of fearless men to further its aims. It was no easy question to make an impression on Christian Churches. Efforts to introduce changes were met by opposition and prejudice. Alodernism aimed to clear the Church of schism and superstition. Superstitions had fed on the real truths of religion and there had been a tendency to miss the vital points. By the elimination of these superstitions the union of Christendom could be effected.