DR BARNES AGAIN.
SEMI-BARBAROUS BELIEFS. i (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, July 12. Dr Barnes, the Bishop of Birmingham, returned to his attack on “ magical ” beliefs when he instituted a new vicar at All Saints, Four Oaks. The semi-barbarous sacramental beliefs which had of late become common in the Church were a hindrance to true religion, be declared.
Much so-called Christian theology which prided itself on being orthodox was disguised materialism.
Hr Barnes added that he was personally convinced that our civilisation would not abandon the Christian moral standards, but that the outcome of the present ferment would be not pagan ethics, but a fuller understanding of, and loyalty to, the moral principles of Christ. “We need,” he said, “ a supply of Christian prophet theologians, who, discarding obsolete standpoints, will re-shape the Church’s message.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20798, 17 August 1929, Page 11
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