In our opinion, no more important letter has been written
on the subject than that of the Bishop of Carlisle, which appeared in the Times of Thursday week. We regret that pressure on our space prevented us from referring to it sooner. The Bishop of Carlisle admits that Bishop Gore is " undoubtedly right " in declaring that the interchange of pulpits is " contrary to Catholic tradition." " Why is this saying true ?" he goes on. " Is it not because the interchange of pulpits implies the brotherly fellowship of all Christian communities, whereas the Catholic tradition and principle repudiates that fellowship ? " The Bishop of Carlisle argues that all the sorrows, not only of the Church of England, but of the whole world, come from narrow- ness, exclusiveness and attempted monopoly. It is hard to give up ecclesiastical monopoly, and yet the Christian Gospel makes this demand. " Hence it is a hard Gospel."
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