CHURCH AND WAR
SYNOD’S FINDING AMENDED [ Per Presa Association. ] DUNEDIN, Nov. 24. The pronouncement of the Public Questions Committee on the subject of peace was placed before the annual Synod of the Otago-Southland District of the Methodist Church today by the Rev. L. B. Neale. In an endeavour to clarify the resolution passed by the 1936 conference, 16 questions were submitted. Only the first of these concerning the implications of the resolution that “war is contrary to the spirit and purpose of Jesus Christ” was dealt with and it was considered that the synod’s finding on this point cancelled the necessity for the remaining question. The Rev. M. Neale’s motion, which was carried, was that the clause bo altered to read as follows: "Military aggression which has for its chief object the annexation or dominance of territories or peoples for economic or national policy is contrary to the spirit and purpose of Jesus Christ.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 8
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154CHURCH AND WAR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 8
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