19 JANUARY 1951, Page 16

The Birth of Christ

Sia,—Accusations of heresy tend to be double-edged. The orthodoxy so • vigorously defended against Mr. Wilson Harris in his sincere and helpful article, The Birth of Christ, by members of the "Catholic" section of the Anglican Church, is in itself heretical as judged by the official formularies of the Church of England.

How many " Catholic" bishops and clergy, having subscribed to the

39 Articles, pay even lip-service to the doctrines of predestination, justifi- cation by faith, the Church as the congregation of faithful men, and the blasphemous fable and dangerous deceit of the Mass? So long as clergy and bishops can pick and choose the parts of the official formularies that suit their own cases, accusations of heresy and lack of humility in others