THE MINISTRY OF HEALING
VIEWS OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
Received May 8, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, May 8. The Archbishop of Canterbury, when the ministry of healing was debated, said they ought to remove the misapprehension which was in considerable vogue that the ministry of healing was adverse to the normal ministrations of medical men. The use of oil, especially if a Bishop gave it his benediction, was fraught with the danger that it might result in usages which would be a change of attitude of many halfinformed people who were seeking cures for human ailments. The church might mislead people if it underrated the weight attaching to new branches of knowledge which had been brought about by what seemed miraculous changes; but were really brought about in the providence of God by other forces. Extreme caution was required. It was extraordinarily difficult to decide how much was physical and how much spiritual.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19009, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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