UNDENOMINATIONAL TEACHING.
[To THE EDITOR OF TEN " SPECTATOR." J
Sut,—Is not the outcry against "undenominational teaching" due to a confusion of " undenominational " with " un-
dogmatic " Christian teaching, of course, cannot be undogmatic; nor does even the Cowper-Temple Clause suggest it should be. What that clause does is to exclude " a catechism or formulary distinctive of any particular denomination." Thus dogmas which are held in common by several denominations can be, and are, taught in provided schools. If the authority see fit, they can teach in such schools the Apostles' Creed. That Creed is, within the meaning of the Act, "undenominational," but it is certainly not "undogmatic." Perhaps we should get on better if we were to " define our terms " at starting.—I am, Sir, &c., H. B. HODGSON, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne. Berwick-on-Tweed.
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