[Reply to Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury]
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- Date
- 1952 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Rev. Dr. R.P.D. Hurford
- Seconder
- Canon F.H. Wilkinson
- Prologue
- The Primate read a letter received from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the text of which follows:
- "My Dear Bishop,
- Herewith a brief message.
- I send my warmest greetings to the House of Bishops and to the General Synod of the Church in Canada, meeting at London, Ontario. It was my great privilege to be present at the General Convention of 1946 in Winnipeg, and I entertain joyful and many memories of that occasion. I write now from Boston, Mass., almost on your doorstep. How I wish I could have accepted the invitation to come over to you. But it was absolutely necessary that I should keep my visit to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church really free and restful - until the last three days before my return when I take part in his General Convention.
- All being well, the Anglican Congress of 1954 will bring me once more to your borders and I sincerely hope that I may, after the Congress, be able to visit those Dioceses of Canada which I could not reach in 1946.
- The Anglican Communion possesses the love and loyalty of us all. It has, I believe, a special and vitally important part to play, an essential part, in the true presentation of Christ's religion to the world. This trust our Lord lays upon us. It is our joy and our responsibility as fellow workers in that faith. I greet you all and pray that God will enable you to fulfill your part in the working out of his grand purpose of redemption.
- I greet you all, and especially the Bishops who shared with me in the friendship and fellowship of Lambeth, 1948. God's blessing be upon you.
- Yours sincerely, Geoffrey Cantaur."
- Text of motion
- That a suitable reply be sent by the Synod through the Primate to the Archbishop of Canterbury, acknowledging his gracious message. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, 1887-1972
- Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury
- Church of England in Canada. General Synod. (18th : 1952 : London, Ont.)
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Church of England