Intercommunion
Sitt,—It may be pertinent to point out that during and between' the years 1552 and 1662 the Prayer Book did not postulate or permit any consecra- tion of the bread and wine at the service of Holy Communion, so it could not have been intended that the Communion should be anything but a bare memorial. The second Prayer Book of EdwareVI—only published a few months before the king's death—did not -cOntain the rite of confirmation and made no reference to confirmation. This may be additional evidence to show that the Communion was a bare memorial. The rite of confirmation first appeared in the Prayer Book of Queen Elizabeth.—Yours faithfully, G. W. R. TnosasoN. 13 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, Kent.
SIR,—Dr. Morton is misinformed. No Noncomformist with- whom I am acquainted regards the service as a memorial love feast. We regard it rather as a Communion established through the shed blood and the broken body. We meet as a believing community, expecting fulfilment of the promise of Matthew XVIII: 20, and John XIV: 23 ; and to us the Presence is none the less real because it is spiritual.—Yours faithfully, G. R. COLE. Baptist Manse, Thurleigh.
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