6 JANUARY 1950, Page 19

SIR,—You ask, "What other word (sc. Protestant) is to be

used to denote collectively Christians who are not Roman Catholic ? " It is probably undesirable that Christians who are not Roman Catholic should be denoted collectively, for in the case of the Anglican and Orthodox Churches the gulf is greater between themselves and other Christians than between themselves and Rome. (That is not to suggest that it is therefore more easily bridged.) The terms Papal, Episcopal and Protes- tant would be a clearer denotation ; or, if it is only English Christianity that is in question, the Roman Church, the Anglican Church and the