COMPLAINT TO KING
ROYAL MARRIAGE SERVICE REJECTED PRAYER BOOK LONDON, Dec. 5. A letter of complaint has been addressed to the King, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Lang, and the Prime Minister, Mr. MacDonald, by tho Protestant Alliance, concerning the Royal marriage service. It complains that portions of the rejected Prayer Book of 1928 were used at the wedding. It points out that, since its rejection by the House of Commons, the book has not received the Royal Assent nor been returned to the convocations and the national assembly; therefore it is without Royal, ecclesiastical, or legal authority. The Alliance asks the Primate if the use of the book was authorised by the King, who is the only lawful authority for changing, the services in it; also, why the rejected portions were' preferred to thq lawful Offices,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 5
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137COMPLAINT TO KING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 5
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