28 JUNE 1946, Page 13

Sta,—The Rev. Edward M. Norfolk, in The Spectator of June

14th, writes of the Latin rite having " served Christendom for close on a thousand years." This would have been a true statement had he inserted the woad Western before Christendom. The Eastern Churches, with which the Chiirch of England has close affinity, did not and do not use Latin in their rites.—Your obedient servant, W. ASHLEY-BROWN. The Vicarage, Cranbrook, Kent.