Show Primates Primate's Cr Criticism of Edward f-Edward I IP P Perils l ils Tie Tie Ch State D Dec 18 AP Separation AP-Separation Separation of of t the e Ch Church of England d dand and the state may have brought been brought nearer by the Archbishop of Canterbury's criticism of the friends of former King Edward VIII s some me today Should the controversy over the speech spread they said the church might be severed completely from the state in England thus losing osing its government subsidies and official position The ties binding the the English church lurch and state have loosened through the centuries and some of ofle the le churchs church's ranking ministers are not ot aVerse terse to cutting them alto alto- gether ether Public protest against the archbishops archbishop's archbishops archbishop's arch- arch bishops bishop's censure of King Edward Edwardor for or his desire to marry twice divorced di- di Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson Simp- Simp son on and for the alien influence his Is friends exerted on him r reached ached the ic floor of ot the house of commons y yesterday esterday Rules of debate automatically cut cutoff cutoff off ff the dis discussion after three and anda a half hours Introduction however of the archbishops archbishop's name Into the argument argument argument ment and the flood of protesting letters etters to newspapers and members of f parliament led some authorities to o express belief the issue might remain mam sham sharn W William i. am Laud ud one of the predecessors predecessors of the Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang ang Scottish Presbyterian ministers minister's minster's min mm- ster's lster's son who became archbishop of f Canterbury was executed because because be- be cause ause he backed King Charles I 1 against parliament Disestablishment a final chapter In n the ages old conflict over reform in n the church would be a serious blow low The consequences of prolonged strife over the part o of the archbishop archbishop archbishop arch arch- bishop in Edwards Edward's abdication observers observers ob- ob servers noted could be cultivated- cultivated even though the Church of England I includes 70 per cent of the English population population from from diverse disaffected disaffected quarters S England Is is' is the last place in the British isles where t the e church en en- sen- sen enjoys joys an official status I S x d Ireland 4 William m Gladstone then prime minister disestablished the church churchin in n 1869 in Ireland where Ireland where the population population lation is preponderantly Catholic Catholic- over the bitter protests of Queen Victoria and the archbishops It was was- separated from the state sate staten in hi n Wales Where Wales Where the majority of are Methodists and Baptists Baptists in in 1920 The official church of Scotland is Presbyterian not not- Atho Although th many any of ot the the- a ablest lest and most zealous ministers are Anglo Anglo- Catholics commons commons' r rejected the re revised revised revised re- re pi prayer yer book in 1928 with the theold theold theold old cry Farmers Fa in several counties counties' have conducted a rebellion against the church tithes tithes taxes taxes Imposed on cr crops crop p r centuries with with the there re res res result re- re s sult lt they are to be abolished gradually grad grad- u ll lII under a law which became eff effective last October Rejection n of the revised prayer book strengthened the fe feeling ling in some sections of the church its itself lf in favor of disestablishment Want Vant Freedom FreedomS m S Since there is no long longer r h hope pe of af the church embracing embracing- ng- ng the entire population advocates advocat s' s of separation want it in order order- to obtain complete power to decide q j and appoint bishops without approval now approval now necessary necessary necessary-by by th the house of commons The head of the church himself then the archbishop of York callea called calle a special meeting of churchmen consider possible courses of action f after rejection of ot the pr iyer book The bishop of Duram Durani flatly came out for separation teen been silent The archbishop has J een on the question since but some som church leaders eel the loss Joss of revenues revenues revenues reve reve- would be more tian Clan compensated compensated compensated sated for by y increased devotion o othe of the churchs church's membership if it were put on a purely voluntary basis |