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The Creed of the Church SIR,—Some years ago, When I

was chairman of an inter-denominational group of clergy and ministers examining the question of Reunion, we came after much study to the opinion that a creed was essential, but that it should be as simple as possible. We found, as an acceptable basis for this, that the explanation of the Apostles' Creed given in the Church of England Catechism met our needs:—" I believe in God the Father, who made me; in God the Son, who redeemed me; and in God the

Holy Spirit, who sanctifies me: three Persons, one God." Anything less than this (such as "Jesus is the Lord ") was in danger of affirming some form of Unitarianism; anything more was for scholars rather