INTERNATIONALISM
Sir,—Mr I. R. Wilkinson points out, quite rightly, that any order which purports to deal effectively with the problems of peace and war must be international and consequently roust be agreed to by peoples of widely differing faiths. Such an order cannot be said to be specifically Christian, however much it may harmonise with Christian ethics in some of its aspects. Not.only so but it must be in a position to enforce the agreements into which the contracting parties enter. It is foreign to the genius of Christianity to enforce any order no matter how good or desirable it may be; hence Christian order, using the word “order" in the sense in which it is understood to-day. is really a contradiction in terms. Even St. Peter was faced with this difficulty when endeavouring to establish a new “order” among the early Christians. — Yours, etc., LEX. December 2, 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23812, 4 December 1942, Page 6
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