A CHRISTIAN DUTY
PROTECT THE WEAK
BISHOP'S ATTITUDE TO WAR
(By Telegraph.)
(Special to the "Evening Post.") DUNEDIN, This Day. In his address at the opening of the Anglican Synod, Bishop Fitchett said: "I find it impossible to adopt the attitude of extreme pacifist in holding that under no circumstances should a nation engage in war and that, therefore, it is wrong for our nation to re-arm. From the Christian standpoint, to engage in a war of aggression for material gain is undoubtedly sinful, but on the other hand, to protect the weak against aggression of the strong is surely in accord .with the mind of Christ. Therefore, so far from being wrong it is a Christian duty, both for the individual and nation, to make every effort to be prepared and sufficiently strong to be able to contend with an aggressor. It follows that, as stated in the thirty-seventh article of religion, 'It is lawful for Christian men at the command of the magistrate to wear arms and to serve in wars.'"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 95, 19 October 1937, Page 8
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