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. All in the Family by Nancy West Openness is making your rough draft the finished copy. Here goes. The Monday after a Cursillo there is nothing else you can 1 be but open. You drink in the world with all your senses, know- : ing as you didn’t before that you smell, hear, feel, taste, and ' see the goodness of our God. You are possessed by peace so 1 beautiful that you burn to share it with someone. I chose you. Peace. This column was begun in the hope of bringing about much sharing of blossoms of grace and some blooms are already being delivered, by the hand of our unsuspecting mailman. My grati- ; tude is exceeded only by my hope that more floral letters are on the way. (Please, I have absolutely no hope for flowery | letters.) , As I was saying before getting involved in that tangle, some who wish to share with ALL have been heard from. This one made me very happy. It is a response to the column on April 24 which shared several persons thoughts on authority, freedom, and conscience. “To N.M. of Wake County, D.B. of Pittsboro, and Moun taineer, “Peace be to you from the Father who loves you, from the Son who has paid the price for all your sins, and from the Holy Spirit who dwells within you to counsel and guide you. “Why are you troubled? Do you seek to be justified? You’ll never make it where you’re looking. All the rules, regulations, and laws in the whole world and in the Church can never do it. Justification is God’s free gift to you. He loves you and has called you. Do you doubt it? “Were you not baptized by watef and the Holy Spirit? The sign of the water should reassure you that you have received the Holy Spirit. But you have sinned. So have we all. But God still loves us. His call is continuous. Are you not sorry for your sins? Have you not confessed them? Well then, let the words of the priest reassure you. But is that still not enough? Do you seek to be told what to do? You are asking the impossible, nor do you understand to what you have been called. Our Protestant brothers are right when they speak of the primacy of conscience. Neither pope nor bishop can tell you what to do. Their role is limited to guiding you along the right path. You must take the steps yourself. “Seek counsel by all means. But when you have heard all, then enter into the presence of God within you and discover what He would have you do. And what shall your choice be? To show your love for Him who has so much loved you. When you have done this, you are at peace. You are not likely to sin. You may make mistakes, but mistakes are not sins. We can learn from our mistakes. And this is a part of our growing up in Christ. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. They kept all the rules and missed the point. They thought they were justified by their works, but they were sons of Satan, liars, because no man is justified before God as of himself. “Christ is our justification. Love Him in deed and in thought and show that love in your love for your brothers. He has commanded us to do one thing: love. “Yes, we need authority of the Church, and it will be there until the end of time. But understand the purpose of that authority and its limitations. It cannot walk for you, only keep you on the path. Understand too when this authority is infalli ble and when it is not. Neither are you infallible, but you can make every choice in the sincere love of Christ. “For most of us this attention to pleasing God in all things is too much for our weakness; do not be discouraged. If ^ we acknowledge and truly feel our misery, we will find peace.” M.A.G., Greensboro 48 TERMINALS, TERMINAL AGENCIES AND CALL STATIONS IN 16 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. CAROLINA Freight Carriers Corporation General Offices . . . Cherryville, North Carolina English Church Leaders Express Pessimism about Reunion LONDON—(NC) — Two impor ant non-Catholic churchmen in Britain have expressed pessimism >ver prospects of union with the Catholic Church. At the same time, a Baptist con 'erence lauded the efforts of the ;cumenical council. Anglican Archbishop Edwin VIorris of Wales declared that the /atican’s attitude to Anglican or lers was “an insuperable barrier” ind that Anglicans would never iccept the Catholic dogma of pa pal infallibility. Archbishop Morris, addressing a lonvention of the Anglican Church n Wales at Llandrindod Wells, said that so far as he could see re mion seemed far below the hori :on, even though the visit of An glican Archbishop Michael Ram sey of Canterbury to Pope Paul ^1 had opened the door to consid jrable of these tough problems. ARCHBISHOP MORRIS said he ;hought a possibility to be ex plored was some sort of relation ship between the Anglican and Catholic Churches such as exist low between the Anglicans and ;he Old Catholics. Anglicans and Did Catholics have intercommun on without accepting all each oth er's doctrinal opinions, sacramen ;al devotions or liturgical prac ,ices, but with each—according to ;heir negotiated agreement in Bonn in 1932—“believing the oth ;r to hold all the essentials of the Christian faith.” Dr. Morris added: “The prob lem between us and Rome lies in :he last few words of this clause, [tome’s ideas of what are all the essentials of the faith differ widely :rom ours. There would also be ;his further difficulty. In 1896 Pope Leo XIII pronounced Angli :an orders to be null and void and ;his pronouncement is still au ;horitative in the Roman Church, rrue it has never been claimed ;hat it is an infallible pronounce nent so presumably it could be withdrawn or modified. While it ■emains unchanged and authorita ive, however, it constitutes an in superable barrier between Angli cans and Rome. No service or rec onciliation on the lines of the An glican - Methodist service could overcome this barrier.” The Welsh archbishop suggest ed that the question of Anglican orders should be one of the first to be examined by the joint An glican-Roman Catholic doctrinal commission announced after Dr. Ramsey’s visit to Pope Paul in March. IN SCOTLAND, Dr. Nevile Da vidson, convener (chairman) of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scot land’s Inter-Church Relations Committee, said that neither the Roman Catholics nor the Free Church of Scotland had shown any desire to change their doc trine during informal discussions with his own Church. Dr. Davidson, speaking to a syn od of the Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh, said that no official conversations had so far been sug gested either by the Catholics or the Presbyterians, though the gen eral assembly of the Scottish Church recognized and approved the various unofficial meetings and interchange of views. He praised the efforts of Pope John and Pope Paul for ecumen ism and the Second Vatican Coun cil for issuing documents showing “a new and surprising openness.” But he said it must be recog High Point Hospital Guild Holds Meeting High Point — Approximately 50 ladies and their guests attend ed the May meeting of St. Ed ward’s Guild which was held at Maryfield Nursing Home. Prior to the meeting, Sister Patrice con ducted the goup on a tour of the new facilities. Father Frederick Koch explained in detail the ac coutrements in the chapel. Mrs. Jack Rochelle explained the work which is done by the volunteers in the Maryfield Auxiliary and in vited the ladies to join the organ ization and share in this reward ing work. I Your Local Photographer WALLER STUDIO 126 Vi Foyetteville Street Raleigh, N. C. announcement portraits / bridal portraits / wedding candid / passport photos job application photos / commercial and groups / annuals and school portraits Dial TEmple 4-7331 tor appointment WELBORN Electric Co. Commercial, Industrial, House Wiring Service Specialists in Electric Comfort Heating DIAL 299-5526 4729 High Point Rd. GREENSBORO, N.C. For All Your Insurance Needs See FIRST SECURITY COMPANY, INC Phone 328-2421 Hickory, North Carolina nized that at present no signifi cant change in Catholic doctrine seemed to be indicated and that great differences still divided the two churches. There had, however, been a notable change in the “ec clesiastical climate,” a new at mosphere of friendliness and a new attitude of openness on the part of the Catholics. In England, Baptists holding a national conference in London approved an official report ex pressing gratitude for what is tak ing place in the Catholic Church. Through the Vatican council “win dows have been opened,” it said. Baptists have “their own good rea sons for caution and vigilance,” it noted, but added that the Baptist Council is “convinced that there are grounds for gratitude for what is taking place within the Roman Church.” “ROMAN DOCTRINES have not greatly changed, though the de crees on the Doctrine of the Church, on Revelation, on Ecu menism and on the Church in the Modern World contained signifi cant clarifications and modifica tions of previous declarations,” it said. On the Decree on Religious Lib erty—“the cause of much heart searching and debate among the bishops”—the report commented: “Our brethren in Spain and Co lombia have already benefitted from the changing attitude of the Roman Church.” The report said that “not all Baptists in this and in other coun tries have been happy” at the de cisions of the Baptist World Alli ance not to send observers to the Vatican council. “It is certain that here and throughout the world Baptists—like their fellow Chris tians—will be affected by the changes taking place within the Roman Church. Increasing con frontation and meeting together are inevitable.” COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER South Orange, N.J. — (NC)— Attorney General Nicholas Katzen bach wil be the main speaker at Seton Hall University’s commence ment exercises June 4. The at torney general will receive an hon orary doctor of laws degree, and Episcopal Bishop Leland Stark of Newark will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. 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