UNITY OF CHURCHES.
CONFERENCE IN EDINBURGH.
The Bishop of Christchurch, the Right Rev. C. West Watson, gave a review last evening of the work done at the Edinburgh world conference on faith and order, when addressing the thirtyfifth annual conference of the New Zea- | land Student Christian Movement at i St. Cuthbert's College. Bishop West Watson said the tide was flowing towards reunion, but it was not clear for what sort of reunion the way was paved. No grounds had been found for maintaining the divisions between the Church, but difficulty was found in the relation of the Church and the Word of God. There was divergence of opinion on the ministrv of the Sacraments. The ideal was "that all Sacraments should be recognised as performed on behalf of the universal Church, and there >vns need of a universally recognised ordained ministry. There was a feeling that the oecumenical movement had reached a stage when it ought to form part and parcel of the Church. The formation of a world council, which would meet every five years, was urged, also a central council to meet every year. '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19380106.2.132
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 11
Word Count
187UNITY OF CHURCHES. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.