CHURCH AND STATE
Archbishop’s Warning
' (TRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)
AUCKLAND, October 24.
Saying that he did not wish to discuss politics, but that he felt he should say what was concerning him, the Primate of New Zealand, Archbishop Averill, told members of the Auckland Council of Christian Congregations that they should be on watch against State totalitarianism. “We have to be on watch against any State claims to totalitarian powers—that is, powers over our souls as well as our bodies, he_ said. “I do not wish to speak about any particular government; but we may have to fight some sort of dictatorship which may claim the right to say what the churches will or will not teach. “It is no use going to fight, for freedom of the Poles,” he added, “if we are going to, lose our own freedom. We have got to take the militant aspect sometimes.”
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22850, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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