ANGLICAN SYNOD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 21 January 1907, Page 2

ANGLICAN SYNOD

Per Press Association. Duiiedin. January 111, At the Anglican Synod to-day the Primate was requested to cable a message of sympathy front the Svnod to the church in .Jamaica, and til.-;'suf-ferers by the earthquake'at Kingston.

'flic Dean of Diiiicdin movi-.1. "That the following recommendation of the Diindin Diocesan Synod he rc/crred lo ii commission for cn.p.jrv and re port: —Degrees in DiviniLv (i) that, as the Senate of New Zealand Cnivcisit v has failed to ol.tam legislative sane lion for its recent proposal to establish a facufify of thci.loc.-y. and to confer .I'.L'rces in iliviuiiv, it is desirable in tiie l.est interests of the higher learning tlia/L further ciiorts slionhl he made l.y tnc clinreh l„ encourage theological nt-ii.lv and research; (g!) that the Hoard of Theological Studies l.c reconstructed as a scnatus acadeinicus, or faculty of thculogv, and be empowered l.y'the Cciicral' Synod of this province to conduct examinations in theology, ami lo confer upon persons duly i|iin'iilird the dljrrcc* of bachelor, master and doctor in liieo!u o y." Ilio motion was carried unanimously.