| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | CFR AC 34 |
| Extent | 105 ff. |
| Title | Lambeth Conference, 1948: Japanese schismatic bishops |
| Date | 1946-1948 |
| Description | Papers relating to the consecration of seven Japanese bishops during the Second World War, including: correspondence between Canon Waddams and Canon Campbell (Church Assembly Missionary Council) (ff.1-6); copy of 'The meaning of the Apostolic Succession in Non-Orthodox Faiths' by Metropolitan Sergei of Moscow, 1935 (ff.7-26; report of the twenty-second general synod of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, Nara, May 1947 (ff.27-38); correspondence between M.H. Yashiro, Bishop of Kobe and the Revd G.N. Strong (ff.39-41, 45) and Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff.42, 53-57); record of meeting of the House of Bishops of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai with representatives of the Mother Churches, October 1947 (ff.43-44); letters from Bishop M.S. Murao to the Revd. W.H. Murray Walton (ff.46-49, 58-60); 'Historical memorandum on the consecration of seven priests of the Nippon Seikokwai [sic] as Bishops for the Japan United Church' by C. Kenneth Sansbury (ff.50-52); memorandum from Lt. Col. Paul Rusch about the Service of Thanksgiving and Reconciliation held in Tokyo 12 May 1948 (ff.61-62); observations by Bishop Stephen Neill on the Japanese wartime consecrations (ff.63-67); dates of significent events in the life of the Japanese church, 1938-1946 (ff.68-69); statements about the Japanese situation (ff.70-74); letter from Bishop Yashiro to the Chairman of the Lambeth Conference (ff.75-79); invitation from Archbishop Fisher to serve on the special committee to consider the consecrations (ff.80-82); Report by Bishop Yashiro on the Consecration of Japanese Bishops, June 1948 (ff.83-97); memorandum on relevant facts about the Orthodox attitude by the Revd. Austin Oakley (ff.98-99); memorandum on St. Cyprian's theory of schism and schismatic orders by Canon Greenslade (ff.100-102); memorandum on the historica Anglican attitude to schismatic bishops by the Revd. Professor Norman Sykes (ff.103-104); minutes of the committee to report to the Primates Committee, 12 July 1948 (f.105). |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| 173 | Lambeth Conference; 1948 | 1948 |
| DS/UK/5999 | Waddams; Herbert Montague (1911-1972); Canon of Canterbury Cathedral | 1911-1972 |
| DS/UK/5275 | Nippon Sei Ko Kwai; 1887- | 1887- |
| DS/UK/6349 | Yashiro; Michael Hinsuke (fl. 1948-1968); bishop of the Nippon Sei Ko Kwai | fl. 1948-1968 |
| 12 | Fisher; Geoffrey Francis (1887-1972); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1887-1972 |
| DS/UK/4956 | Sansbury; Cyril Kenneth (1905-1993); Bishop of Singapore and Malaya | 1905-1993 |
| DS/UK/4652 | Neill; Stephen Charles (1900-1984); bishop in Tinnevelly and Madura | 1900-1984 |
| GB/109/13917 | Oakley; Austin (1890-1977); President of the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches Association | 1890-1977 |
| 556 | Sykes; Norman (1897-1961); Dean of Winchester | 1897-1961 |