16 APRIL 1948, Page 17

Sta,—I was most interested in your article A Fixed-Date Easter.

Surely everyone would prefer it to be so, though I feel that the contributor did not go as deep as he might have done. If one section of Christendom decided to keep to the old programme, Christians in this country would be celebrating the Resurrection of Christ at different times. Perhaps at first sight it would make no odds. But to those people who are striving for unity amongst the churches a " fixed date" by Parliament might be another stumbling-block. The time has come for us to thank God that in the West the great feasts are kept on the same day. If the World Conference of Churches decided to alter the Easter time-table and have a " fixed Easter " instead, all sections of the community would be delighted. The Lambeth Conference may enlighten us on the crucial matter when it