Church Dissension

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 5

Church Dissension

A BISHOP CRITICISED. ATTITUDE DISTINCTLY ROMAN. _ THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH. By Cable—Press Association—C"pyng.u London, January 2. The Dean of Durham (Dr. Hensley "Henson) .says the spirit and substance of tho Bishop of Zanzibar's attitude is distinctly Roman. Though lie would never seek to drive the Bishop of Zanzibar from the Anglican Church, the Bishop must recognise that it is an in'dispcnsable principle of their Jives and the duty of the church to draw closer to other Protestant churches. The Guardian says that a working arrangement between the Anglican and other Protestant churches of tho Empire would be tho greatest religious event since the Reformation, .but there are tilings which the church cannot relinquish in tire cause of re-union, especially if the effort produces schism within her own borders. ' The Archbishop of York says the discussion will test the church's power to know her own mind and take her own place in Christendom. Unless the issues are wisely handled they will set back tlie course of Christian unity, by cnclangering Anglican unity. CHURCH ASSOCIATION'S. SYMPATHY FOR AFRICAN BISHOPS. Received 3, 5.5 p.m. London, January 2. The Council of the Church Association, 4 writing .to the Bishops of Moinjbassa and Uganda, expresses its sympathy with and support of their action. •jy.,, ' SPECTATOR'S PERTINENT COMMENT THE lUia-ITS OF LAYMEN. " Received 4, 5.5 p.m. London, January 3. The Spectator says "If Dr. Gore's (Bishop of Oxford) .thivat of disruption owing to evangelicals giving the sacrament to non-conformists proves to be a deliberate view, we are compelled to admit that he could not remain in the Church. Every layman lias a statutory right to receive the Communion in his parish. Church law prevents those desiring to be included in the Church being driven forth on the grounds of religious opinion. The vast majority of the English laity, even those of high church, views., knows that if the Church is narrowed to the episcopal sect the. establishment could not last a day.