SOVIET PROMULGATES ANTI-RELIGIOUS LAWS
“Bible Pests” WILL PREVENT ALL CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY* ADHERENTS MUST REGISTER. United Press Association —By Electri® Telegraph —Copyright. Received Sunday 7.0 p.m. LONDON, April 13, A Daily News special Moscow correspondent states that a new antireligious decree will shortly be promulgated at all the Christian churches, especially “Bible pests,” as Moscow calls the Baptists. The decrees will virtually prevent all Christian social and cultural work, as well as all local preaching, or the itinerant administration of tho Sacraments in scattered areas without regular worshipping places or permanent pastors. The decree declares that all members of any religious community comprising 20 persons and upwards must be registered in one church or chapel and they are forbidden to rVorship elsewhere.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6885, 15 April 1929, Page 7
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121SOVIET PROMULGATES ANTI-RELIGIOUS LAWS Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6885, 15 April 1929, Page 7
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