6 JANUARY 1956, Page 7

`HOW CAN ANY Christian,' inquired Canon Collins rhetorically in St.

Paul's on Sunday, 'be he the Archbishop of Canterbury or the humblest member of any Church congregation, suppose that it is consistent with the gospel of love to support the making and testing of atom or hydrogen bombs?' The fact remains that a great many Christians, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Archbishop of York and countless humble members of the Church congregations have thought the manufacture of the H-bomb essential for the defence of Christian values against Communism. But I suspect that Canon Collins (in this exactly like Dr. Soper) simply means to ask how anyone can be a Christian who does not think as he does. Which is .a different question altogether.