| Description | The file comprises correspondence and articles relating to the attempts by the Sword of Spirit to foster ecumenism. The file contains a statement on the principles and policy of the Sword of the Spirit; correspondence relating to an article by J W Poynter published in the British Weekly, 'How far can we co-operate with the Roman Catholic Church?'; a proposal to hold public meetings in Edinburgh to persuade non-Catholics to endorce the Pope's Five Peace Points; a series of meetings held under the title 'Reconstruction' by the YMCA in Bristol relating to Christianity and the 'new world order'; letters from ACF Beales to the editors of 'The Church Times', 'The Guardian', 'The Methodist Recorder', 'The Christian World', 'The British Weekly' and 'The Sunday School Chronicle' regarding Christian Co-operation and the Sword of the Spirit.
Correspondents include Professor ACF Beales; C D Kimber, Editor of Federal Union News;Dulcie M Henrick; Count Michael de la Bedoyere, Editor of The New Catholic Herald; Rev Dr Sidney M Berry, Secretary of the Congregational Union of England and Wales; Herbert Upward, Editor of The Church of England Newspaper; Richard Trilden; Charlotte Reid, The British Weekly; Fr Richard Mangan, SJ; Valentine Elwes, Private Secretary to the Archbishop of Westminster; John A Barry, Hon Secretary for the Catholic Truth Society, Scotland; Rev. Wilson Bridge; Rev James L Cottle; Fr Henry Davis, SJ: George Bell, Bishop of Chichester; Rev William Paton, World Council of Churches; Edward O. Howell. |