THE APOSTLES' CREED.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1
Sin,—One word in reply to "L. C. F. C.," who says the question is whether the ministers of the Church are to bold themselves free to say " Yes " to an historical statement in the sense of "No." Does "L. C. F. C.," When she repeats "ascended into Heaven," "descended into Hell," adopt the cosmography of the authors of these historical statements, or does she say " Yes " in the sense of "No "P The fact is, forms of expression, like words of which they are composed, have lives of their own, and, while tenacious of outward form, have the power of acquiring new meanings. We still say "the sun rises," "the sun is setting," though we know full well that it is not moving at all, and that Galileo was right
and the Pope wrong.—I am, Sir, &c., LATHAN.
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