PRAYER BOOK REVISION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19927, 21 April 1928, Page 12

PRAYER BOOK REVISION.

OPPOSITION TO CHANGE. PARISHIONERS AT BLENHEIM. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BLENHEIM, Friday. The much debated attempt to introduce the revised Prayer Book into the Church of England was responsible for an animated discussion and some rather tense moments at the annual meeting of parishioners of the Church of the Nativity last evening. Mr. A. F. Bent moved the following motion: "That this meeting protests against any attempt to introduce a new Prayer Book into tho Church of England, on the grounds that (1) its teachings are contrary to the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England; (2) that it opens the door to the unscriptural doctrines of the 'Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine at Holy Communion,' and 'Prayers for the departed Faithful,' thus being contrary to God's word; (3) that it tends to bring the Church back to the darkness from which it emerged at the Reformation; and (4) that it is a cause of strife in our Church, and for the sake of unity it should not bo introduced. That a copy of the resolution be sent to tho Diocesan Synod and to our representative at the General Synod." After a long discussion, during which Archdeacon York expressed the opinion that the meeting should not discuss such controversial subjects, the motion was carried unanimously.