| Description | Christian Co-operation: "Very important Correspondence". Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings and statements issued by the Sword of the Spirit relating to a series of conferences held between Representatives of the Commission of the Churches and the Sword of the Spririt, the first being held on 27 November 1942. A Joint Statement on Christian Co-operation was drafted after the first meeting and published after agreement from all the representatives at a meeting held on 24 January 1942. The Joint Statement was the subject of much debate between the various religious denominations, resulting in the Press reception at the Waldorf Hotel to formally announce the Joint Statement being postponed from April to May 1942. There is also correspondence relating to the arrival of Dr Henry Lieper, Secretary of the Federal Council of Churches in America.
Correspondents include Professor ACF Beales; the Rev Dr A C Craig, Secretary to the Commission of the Churches; Barbara Ward, Joint Secretary, Sword of the Spirit; George Bell, Bishop of Chichester; Christopher Dawson, historian; Bishop David Mathew, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster; Egbert Munzer, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia; Mgr Valentine Elwes, Private Secretary to the Archbishop; Fr T A Ronchetti, Chairman of the Leeds branch of the Sword of the Spirit; Archbishop Cardinal Hinsley; W H Coate, Joint Secretary of the Scottish Churches' Council; George Barnard, News Editor, The Universe; Douglas Woodruff, Editor of the Tablet; Fr R E Burlingham, Secretary of the Commission of the Churches; Thomas Edward, Bishop of Lancaster; Dr T G Dunning, Director of Social Service, The Baptish Union; Sir Richard Acland; Dr William Paton, World Council of Churches; |