“Crude Dogmatism”
■IGNORANT HOSTILE MAJORITY IN COMMON.” BISHOP HANSON OX PRAYER BOOK DEBATE SUPPORT FOR DISESTABLISH. MENT
LONDON, Jan. 2. Bishop Hensley Hanson, speaking at Durham Cathedral, said: ‘‘The debate on the Prayer Book in the House of Commons was ill-informed. The sacramental doctrines were handled with the vehemence, conviction, and c-rnde do-gmatism of an ignorant hostile majority which consisted largely of Scottish, Welsh “and Trish, whose concern in the English Prayer Book was slight.” lie. asked could the existing connection between the Church and the State lie rightly maintained since it involved such an experience. The recent declaration of archbishops meantthat the Church did not- want to be established if establishment involved subjection to the State in such spiritual matters ns the form of the liturgy and the method of providing for the spiritual needs of the sick and dying. The vote in the House of Commons created a situation no church could possibly accept. However great were the consequences of disestablishment there were many clearest moral obligations LoUjustify patriots advocating it.—A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10475, 4 January 1928, Page 5
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