13 JANUARY 1950, Page 14

$,R,—It seems necessary to state that the Anglican Church "protests"

against the claims of the Papacy, not against the Catholic faith and Catholic order, both of which she possesses ; whereas the Protestant Churches have repudiated Catholic order and much of the Catholic faith. The Methodist bishops of America are not, and do not claim to be, bishops in the sense that the Church has received that office.

Dr. Benson Perkins seems bent on rebuilding Babel when he claims that Protestant Dissenters belong to the Catholic Church ; although one understands what he means when he claims for them membership of