Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-10-23 | Page 2 | Talk of Heresy Trial is Heard in England; Puzzle over Chicago

Talk of f Heresy Trial Is Heard Heald In England Puzzle Over Chicago By A A. G G G. GARDINER England's Greatest Liberal Editor Copyright 1927 Consolidated Consoli Press Association LONDON Oct 22 A A storm o of unprecedented violence is rag rag- raging raging ra ing in in the church of England Engl nil as a result of the scene at St. St St Pauls Pauls Paul's last Sunday Sun ay when a prominent group roup of church lead lead- leaders ers rose made formal protest against the presence in the pulpit of the of and arid marched out of the cathedral This event has contro contro- controversy versy In the church to a climax The bishop of Birmingham the Rt HI Rev Re E. E W. W Barnes Ban Is 13 the most con con- conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous modernist and a highly combative protagonist of full ac acceptance ac- ac acceptance acceptance of the teachings of science The Immediate cause of the pro pro- protest protest test teat at nt St. St Pauls Paul's was his recent de denunciations de- de denunciations of the doctrine of trans- trans substantiations as a pagan heresy disprovable by Indisputable experiment ment Nowhere Is 13 the division more acute than In St St. Pauls Paul's Itself Dean Inge who Invited Dr Barnes Dames to t preach In the th th cathedral denounces Canon Bullock Webster who led lcd the demonstration as a brawler HERESY CHARGED CHAnGED Representative c leaders of the English church union demand that Barnes Baines be tried for lor heresy hens but as the last heresy hereS trial In the the English church took place mere than two centuries ago age this rusty is 15 not Dot likely to be adopted Moreover More More- Moreover Moreover over on the Issue Involved regard- regard regardIng regardIng regarding Ing the sacrament the main cur cur- current current current rent of Anglican opinion is 13 with the bishop of Birmingham The ritual ritual- have made great headway in inthe Inthe inthe the church but little impression on the mass of the people who remain resolutely evangelical The probability is 15 that the arch arch- archbishop archbishop archbishop bishop of Canterbury will seek seck a formula to compose the quarrel and compose the appearance of peace but this will be difficult in view of the coming controversy in parlia parlia- parliament parliament ment went over a new prayer book I Meanwhile the position of the church torn by quarrels and undermined under under- undermined undermined mined ed by scientific thought is 13 seri seri- seriously seriously sen prejudiced and there is Ia difficulty difficulty culty in finding enough candidates for Tor ordination to keep the system supplied It is ls not improbable that one of the results of the present state of civil war will be a move move- movement movement movement ment toward disestablishment with with- within withIn withIn in the church Itself CHICAGO ECHOES Amused and astonished has been aroused here by accounts of Superintendent Mc- Mc McAndrew McAndrew Andrew of the Chicago schools The idea on which the prosecution is based seems cems so fantastic as ns to be unintelligible to the English mind which is 15 about as much concerned with reducing the United States to subjection to Kin King George as with colonizing Mars It is assumed that there must be some motive in child ish talk of English plots and propaganda propaganda ganda or Mayor Thompson l would not find f It t profitable r but rS what that i motive mothe is remains a mystery In press comments the opinion is expressed that the incident is non non- nonsensical nonsensical nonsensical and does not represent any serious body of America feeling and that it is refreshing to learn that there is an occasional departure from the traditional British anti tendency of American historical text books