MR. MODERATOR,—Your Committee appointed on 25th May, 1945, beg to submit the following Statement on the subject of protests against decisions of the Supreme Court, in order to remove dubiety in any congregations in which such may exist.
At a public meeting of Synod in St. Jude’s Hall, Glasgow, on 24th May, 1945, a petition on the subject of protests, sponsored by six persons was fully discussed on the basis of the five points re protests on page two of the Synod Statement, issued in June, 1944.
At the conclusion of the discussions and explanations the six sponsors of the petition professed themselves in full agreement with the basic Five Points above indicated.
The unanimous decision of the Synod was as follows:—
“In view of the petitions at the bar having declared their unfeigned agreement with the Five Points ament protesting which appeared in the Synod Statement of 1944; and further, that said parties have declared that they have now fallen from their three craves as contained in their Petition, therefore the Synod hereby depart from further consideration of their Petition.”