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A Question Of Authority
THE question of the ordination of women to the priesthood is a symptom rather than the root cause of the quandry in which the Anglican communion finds itself today. Although......
St Francis And The Pm
TEN years ago Mrs Thatcher made it clear that she wished to be considered a Christian Prime Minister. She chose to quote St Francis of Assisi, that most egalitarian of spiritual......
Broader Issues On Orders
I HAVE read your leader, "The Worth of Anglican Orders" (April 14), with much interest. Yes, it must seem strange to Anglicans that Catholics were prepared to enter into......
Catechism Confusions
LEARNING the catechism by rote (April 21) was indeed a prodigious feat of memory for a young child. Lots of lovely long words to get the tongue round! It may have ensured that......
Schools Up To Scratch
I am sorry Mr Goodhind (April 14) has apparently been disappointed with a school in this diocese. He and your other readers may wish to know that the Schools' Commission,......
Private Medicine And The Path For Caring Christians
PRIVATE medicine in itself is, I feel, not wrong but it cannot be a Christian attitude to expect to be treated better than anybody else; and this in my opinion is what the......
No Experts In Treatment Of Alcoholics Only Fellows
FINE words from Fr Livingstone ("Back Row of the Pews", April 28), but actions would have spoken louder: 1 am the alcoholic doctor referred to in the accompanying article, and......
Christ's Attitude To The Outcasts
DR Stuart (April 21) perhaps overlooks that when certain Pharisees and scribes asked why Jesus ate and drank "with tax collectors and sinners" he replied: "It is not those who......
Science Not Equal To Faith
DONALD Reeves (April 21) seems to favour public discussion about doubts of faith. Cardinal Newman said that a thousand difficulties do not make a doubt. If Catholics may......
Disservice To Belloc
WHILE Professor Sir Alan Harris is a little more cautious in his article (April 14) I feel your headline "Distributism uses on with Thatcher" does a great disservice to Belloc......
No Political Patsy
I HAVE never belonged to a political party, but gladly accept that most of my leanings are to the right. Yet with the hest will in the world I cannot learn to love or......