| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | CFR LRC 91/1 |
| Extent | 27 ff. |
| Title | Italy: General situation |
| Date | 30 Nov 1946-Oct 1961 |
| Description | Correspondence and papers relating to the Protestant Church in Italy.
Includes an article 'A Basic Freedom in danger' discussing religious freedom in Italy by Mario A. Rollier, 30 Nov 1946; correspondence with Rev Marc Boegner concerning his call for immediate action in relation to the Treaty of Peace with Italy, 8-14 Feb 1947; translation of the Declaration of the Federal Council of Evangelical Churches of Italy to the Deputies of the Constituent Assembly for the defence of Religious Liberty, 21 Feb 1947; letter from the Joint Committee of Religious Liberty to Rev John Findlow, 25 Feb 1947; correspondence between Boegner and Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury on the matter of the Italian Constitution, 14-20 Mar 1947; file note by Cecil Douglas Horsley, Bishop of Gibraltar on 'Recent increased Protestant activities in Italy'; correspondence concerning the Testaccio (non-Catholic) Cemetary in Rome, including a letter from Victor Mallet, British Ambassador in Rome and Chairman of Cemetery Committee of Diplomats to The Times seeking finanical aid for the cemetery and a letter from Rev Dr G.L. Prestige to Rev David Say at the British Council defending against accusations that the cemetery was in a poor condition, Jun 1949-13 Feb 1950; extract from the Ecumenical Press Service No. 7 about the position of the Council of Evangelical Churches in Italy, 17 Feb 1950; letter from F.J. Bailey to Rev Herbert Waddams discussing Waldensian and non-Roman Churches' 'Ecumenico Culto', 15 Jan 1951; extract from article concerning an agreement between the Evangelical Church in Germany and the Evangelical Church in Italy, 11 May 1952; 'The situation of Southern Italy as a human and a religious problem' article by Mario Miegge, a theological student in the Waldensian Theological Faculty in Rome, Jun 1956; article on 'The political and religious background of our work' by Rev Guido Miegge, forwarded to Rev John Satterthwaite, Dec 1960-25 Jan 1961; extracts from the Gibraltar Diocesan Gazette, including a report of Rev E.J. Mitchell attending informal meetings between Roman Catholic theologians and parish priests and non-Roman pastors of Milan and the district, and the approval by the Italian Chamber of Deputies of a social security bill for Protestant ministers in Italy, Oct 1961.
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| Language | English and French |
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