MOMENTOUS CRISIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20480, 4 February 1930, Page 11

MOMENTOUS CRISIS.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

RELATIONS WITH THE STATE.

ASSEMBLY MEETS TO-MORROW. DISESTABLISHMENT CAMPAIGN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received February 3, 9.25 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3. The Daily News says the Church of England will face a momentous crisis at the Church Assembly on Wednesday. On that occasion, as the outcome of the rejection by the House of Commons of the revised Prayer Book, the Archbishop of York, Dr. William Temple, will propose the appointment of a commission to inquire into the relations between the Church and the Slate, and to determine how far the principle of the inalienable right of the Church to formulate and express its faith in Christ can effectively be applied in the present circumstances. The Bishop of Durham, Dr. Herbert H. Henson, will support Dr. Temple. Evangelical churchmen intend to oppose the motion as they fean it would lead to the slippery slope of disestablishment. Dr. Henson, who is leading a disestablishment campaign within the Church, admits that the motion will disclose such a conflict between the Church and the State as it must compel a drastic alteration of their present relations. It may even require legal separation.

CHURCH OF INDIA.

MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE.

RESOLUTION ■OF SYNOD.

DELHI, Feb. 2,

The Episcopal Synod of India is meeting at Calcutta. It adopted a new constitution .of canons and rules for the Church.

A resolution was passed requesting the Government to appoint March 1 as the date, for •. the . legal. severance of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon from the Church of England. Synod further decided to permit the churches to use the revised Prayer Book with the exception of the controversial parts of the Communion service.