26 SEPTEMBER 1952, Page 18

SLR,—Surely there are two quite different questions involved ?

(1) Remarriage of divorced persons in Church views is inadmissible, because they have broken the Church's marriage laws, and also because, if one partner is still alive, it is meaningless and inconsistent to snake the same exclusive promises to another partner.

(2) The quite different question of - how the Church should treat those who in good faith have remarried after divorce is a pastoral matter, and should be referred to the Bishop. If he approves, they should certainly be admitted to Holy Communion. For Sacraments are not rewards for virtue, but means of grace.

This will not satisfy the rigorist, but is common sense.—Yours 1 de Vaux Place, Salisbury. Dean Emeritus of Salisbury.