THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 11542, 29 November 1900, Page 5

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE

ON RITUAL.

By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright.

London, November 27. A conference of representative evangelicals and High Churchmen held at the instance of the Right Rev. Dr. Creighton, Bishop of London, discussed the question of "the doctrine of the Holy Communion and its expression in ritual." The conference proved abortive, having failed to remove existing differences.

The following official statement with respect to the Hound Table Conference on ritual at Fulham Palace appeared in the rimes' weekly edition of October 19.— " The Bishop of London was requested by a resolution of the London Diocesan Conference in May last to summon a Round Table Conference of members of the Church of England, to confer on matters which are at present agitating the Church. This conference has just been held at Fulliam Palace, from Wednesday evening until last Saturday afternoon. The subject referred to the conference by the Bishop was "The doctrine of the Holy Communion and its expression in ritual.' The members of the conference were:—The Prebendary Barlow, Professor H. E. J. Bevan, Dr. Bigg, the Rev. N. Dimock, Canon Gore, Professor Moulo, Canon Newboit, Dr. A. Robertson, Canon J. A. Robinson, Professor Sanday, Prebendary Waco, Mr. W. J. Birkbeck, Viscount Halifax, the Earl of Stamford, Chancellor P. V. Smith. Dr. Wace was elected chairman. Five sessions were held, and tho report of the proceedings will be sumbitted as soon as possible to the Bishop, and will then probably bo published by his authority."