Report on Lambeth from 1948

The more things change the more they stay the same. This is how the Time magazine article reporting on the eighth Lambeth Conference in 1948 begins -

"The Church is not something made by men. It is the instrument of the living God for the setting-forward of His reign on earth . . . This is an hour of testing and peril for the Church, no less than for the world. But it is the hour of God's call to the Church . . . For those who have eyes to see, there are signs that the tide of faith is beginning to come in."

This is an interesting read especially in light of recent statements that Lambeth is not a body creating or affirming doctrine. Much of the article deals with the doctrinal stances taken and refers to the Bishop's "encyclical". Archbishop Fisher is pictured.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799115,00.html