theologically pure "Catholic" ca–
thedral, another which proposed
some kind of an architectural–
theological melange: a mixture be–
tween a cathedral and some com–
mon halls of worship for the gen<–
eral "non-Catholic" public.
Mt.
Eliot's preference lay with the
former.
Again, Mr. Eliot had been asked
to write a report "On the Union
of Churches in South India"-a
matter to which he had also de–
voted some years of private study.
He came to the conclusion that
union of the Churches in South
India could only be had at the
unacceptable price of a sacrifice of
religious principles. Similarly, he
expressed strong disapproval· of the
negotiations concerning the possi:
ble merger of the Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches in the United
States. These; negotiations, he re–
pox:ted, were viewed by responsible
circles in the Church of England
with "great apprehension" and as
a "most dangerous trend."
He was most outspoken in his
report on the Malvern Conference
-another item on the list of his
Church activities during the war
years-outspoken and critical. The
attendance had been too large
. (some 200 representatives) for any
profound discussion of the issues on
the agenda. Moreover, those who
did come to the Conference were
not really and truly representative
of the various interested religious
groups. The resolutions adopted at
the Conference were railroaded
through by Archbishop Temple at
a time when most delegates were
either out for lunch or ready to go
home. Furthermore, the resolutions
bore no relation to the papers read
or the discussion on the papers. In
reply to a question whether these
resolutions constituted a "liberaliza–
tion of the Church doctrine," Mr.
Eliot admitted that they were lib–
eral "in stripe," but he did not re–
call any discussion of Church prin–
ciples which might have been lib–
eralized.
Mr. Eliot was a member (or
"spare wheel," as he called it) of
still another committee-appointed
by the Archbishop of Canterbury
for a report on the state of the
Church in England. There were
actually three committees working
on this report representing various
shades of belief in the Anglican –
Community of Christians: an
Anglo-Catholic, a Liberal-Evan–
gelical, and a Free Church com–
mittee; but the latter two either
did not function at all or,
if
they
did, did not deliver any goods. The
Free Churches could not even agree
on the composition of the commit–
tee. The Liberal-Evangelical com–
mittee met, but could not agree on
any common principles which
might be submitted for the pur–
poses of the study. It was different
with the Anglo-Catholic commit–
tee. Mr. Eliot, growing visibly
warmer, was deeply stirred while
recalling a long list of "young, bril–
liant Anglican theologians" who
had rendered "brilliant" services
not only to the cause of the com–
mittee, but also in their respective
