The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20
CONFERENCE ON
FAITH AND ORDER
Churchmen of World Con-
yene to Discuss Posi-
bility of Union
OF MUTUAL BENEFIT
Nearly 100 Denominations to
Discuss Functions of Creeds
and Sects

rurCAG o. Church union
me possibility of ell Christen-
80 recognizing one creed appear TO
s.ep nearer than they have for
DC centuries according to a re-
H-, ~ he commission on the World
gorfarence on Faith and order
S.5i1F will be submitted to the gen
VI invention of the Episcopal
church in Portland, Ore, next
Tre report announces there will be
1tsrllng in Washington, ID. c. in
MAY. 1925, OF delegates from nearly
a.hundred denominations, from a
~ of countries, to discuss the
SS~sesihuitles of Christian union. This
Iii he a reconventlon OF the body
,bich met In Geneva in 1920. or
,bls gathering the report says deep
551fforo1ces were manifested but all
were convinced that great progress
oan be made At the Washington
conrerence all the denominations
nresent at Geneva are expected, In
@rrinding Anglican. Baptist, Congrega-
,jonaL. Geek, Armenian, Disciples.
Essf,rn Orthodox, Friends, Luther
an Methodist, Presbyterian and Re-
snrmed churches. Before the con-
,Srsnce meets the committee sug-
sests that fundamental questions
ssball be discussed. The report sug-
gestlons are:
III. What degree Of unity in faith
will be necessary in a reunited
church?
-. Is a statement OF this one
faith In the form of a creed neces-
Nv or desirable?
W. If so, what creed should be
alAN ANhnE farm 4 N = a
would be desirable?
"a. What are the proper uses of
a creed and of a confession OF faith?
Until Christians are agreed as to
what the church is and the place
and function Of a creed the report
continues. ut seems futile to take
ND other. 1t has been well said
that there Is no church which has
not something of value to give to its
sister churches or to receive from
them. II we believe that, let us
test its truth.
Look TO Complete Union.
at Geneva II was proposed that
special commissions should be ere
a,ed for the study OF dogmatic, his
torical and liturgical questions, and
those concerning ministerial orders
and authorities. as a%ecting the DIFF
ferences between Christian com-
munions; and that negotiations
should be opened between related
eommunions for closer fellowship as
a step toward the goal of complete
union.
THE Eastern Orthodox churches
are now very hopeful as TO the world
conference.
IAN encyclical letter. of the Holy
Orthodox Eastern church of Con-
stantinople was issued in 1920, urg-
Ing the promotion OF closer relations
OF friendship among the churches.
and to that end, (a) the acceptance
Of a Uniform calendar: (b) the ex-
change Of brotherly letters; (c) a
more friendly intercourse between
the representatives Of the various
churches; (d) an intercourse be-
tween theological schools, anu the
exchange of theological and eccles-
lastical periodicals.: (e) the ex-
change OF students between the
|, seminarleI of different churches;
~ the converting of pan-Christian
conferences to examine questions OF
a common interest; go impartial
and historical examination of doc
irlnal differences; (h) mutual re-
spect for the customs and usages
prevailing in each church; % mu-
iual permission for the use OF places
OF prayer and of cemeteries; 90 the
settlement OF the question of mixed
marriages; and (k) the mutual sup
port OF the churches in the work OF
strengthening religious belief, OF
charity and the like. A favorable
reply was made to this communlca