The church in post-war Japan
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog8697
- Publication Date
- [1946]
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5680.7 A4 A5 1946
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Published for the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly by the Press and Publications Board
- Publication Date
- [1946]
- Physical Description
- 24 p. ; 21.4 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cover title.
- "This report has been presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury and had been issued by his authority". -- inside front cover.
- "Note: Nippon Sei Ko Kwai in the Anglican Church in Japan". -- inside front cover.
- The members of the Commission ... (a) Representing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America -- The Rt. Rev. C.S. Reifsnider, D.D. (formerly Bishop of Kita Kwanto) .... (b) Representing the Church of England -- The Rt. Rev. S. Heaslett, D.D. (formerly Bishop in South Tokyo and Presiding Bishop of Nippon Sei Ko Kwai), The Rt. Rev. J.C. Mann, D.D. (formerly Bishop of Kyushu) ... (c) Representing the Church of England in Canada -- The Rev. H.G. Watts, B.A., B.D., F.R.G.S. (formerly Missionary Priest in Niigate). -- p. 1.
- "The terms of reference embodied in the letters of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presiding Bishop of the American Church and the Primate of All Canada may be summarised as follows: (a) To convey to fellow churchmen in Japan the greetings of the Churches represented by the Commission and to assure them of the desire for a renewal of friendly co-operation. (b) To appraise the situation in Nippon Sei Ko Kwai. (c) To learn in what ways the Churches represented by the Commission can best help Nippon Sei Ko Kwai in the work of reconstruction in this post-war period". -- p. 1.
- Text of report headed: The Church in Post-War Japan: Report of the Anglican Commission to Nippon Sei Ko Kwai : May to July, 1946. -- p. 1.
- Contents: Membership, Terms of Reference and Scope of Contacts -- Nature of Welcome -- General Conditions in Japan -- Conditions in the Christian Church -- The Matter of 'Amalgamation' -- Requests for Help -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2: Declaration by the Eight Japanese Bishops -- Reasons for a Liturgy of Reconciliation -- Schismatic Bishops -- Conclusion -- Appendix 3: Resolutions passed at the Convention -- Appendix 4: A list of the bishops of Nippon Sei Ko Kwai.
- Text of report dated Dai Iti Hotel, Tokyo, 20th July 1946 and signed: C.S. Reifsnider, Bishop; S. Heaslett, Bishop; John C. Mann, Bishop; H.G. Watts..
- Colophon: Williams, Lea and Co., Ltd., London.
- Added Entry
- Church in Post-War Japan: Report of the Anglican Commission to Nippon Sei Ko Kwai : May to July, 1946
- Anglican Commission to Nippon Sei Ko Kwai
- Anglican Commission to Nippon Sei Ko Kai
- Heaslett, Samuel, 1875-1947
- Mann, John C. (John Charles), 1880-1967
- Reifsnider, Charles S. (Charles Shriver), 1885-1958
- Watts, Horace G. (Horace Godfrey), 1901-1959
- Subjects
- Holy Catholic Church in Japan - History - 20th century
- Japan - History - 1945-1989
- World War, 1939-1945 - Religious aspects - Holy Catholic Church in Japan
- Japan - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Holy Catholic Church in Japan - Bishops
- Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Holy Catholic Church in Japan
- Call Number
- BX 5680.7 A4 A5 1946
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)