[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATOR:]
SIR,—The word " Protestant" bears in these days a meaning very different from what it bore in the days of Laud. In his days there were not the countless sects of Protestants which are enumerated in "'Whitaker's .Almaneek." A Protestant nowadays means a man who believes only in his 'own private judgment. If Protestant is opposed to Catholic, it is certainly an incorrect term to apply to the Church of England, for in her Prayer-book she repeatedly calls herself Catholic, and never once Protestant. To those members of the English Church who believe in her divine authority and her historical continuity with the Apostolic Church, the word" Protestant " is misleading and offensive.—I am, Sir, &c., C. A BRODRIBB.
23 Pevensey Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, December 10th.
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