p. 58 | Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 15, 1914

Note and Comment

The Roman Question in Africa

THE rising tide of opposition to Roman encroachments is being felt even in East Africa; and as a result of the defensive union of anti-Roman denominations there, trouble is brewing within the Anglican Church. The trouble has become so acute that two bishops of the Anglican Church are likely to have to stand trial for heresy. A report from London states that there is danger of a schism which will rend the Church of England in two. The trouble originated in a conference held in the town of Kikuyu, East Africa, in which it was sought to unite the various Protestant denominations against the increasing power of the Roman Catholic propaganda in East Africa. These two Anglican bishops took the lead in the conference, celebrated the communion in a Presbyterian church, and administered the sacrament to the missionaries of the various sects composing the conference. The bishop of Zanzibar is endeavoring to have these two prelates impeached for heresy, and the heat of the discussion is creating two parties within the church. It would be a curious incident if, in endeavoring to unite Protestantism against Rome, the English Church should split itself in twain. That portion of the English Church which leans most strongly toward Rome will make the most of this division in order to show the danger to the church itself in attempting to antagonize Romanism.