HOLY COMMUNION.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, December 11. The following letter has been received by the Press Association from the Acting-Primate of New Zealand: “My attention has ’ljbeh called' to. a statement attributed ! to thb : Rev. Hammond to the effect that 'when National Prohibition is carried the churches will cease to .use fermented wine in the sacrament of the Holy Communion ‘as his own had already done.’ As this ambiguous statement has been very widely circulated, I think it right to say that the use of unfermented wine’in, the Holy Communion is absolutely unlawful in the Church of England, and no action pf the State will he allowed to invalidate the blessed sacrament. It is fair to Mr Hammond to' say that he distinctly repudiates the statement attributed to him and that he is fully aware that the use of fermented wine in the Holy Communion under National prohibition is expressly provided for. (Signed) C. Christchurch, Acting-Primate.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 12 December 1911, Page 7
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