[To TIM EDITOR Of THE . 13PRCIRTOR.1 SIB,—In your last issue
" Presbyter " states that "no one is permitted to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the Church of England who has not been confirmed by a Bishop, or is not willing to be so." This is a common mistake. As a matter of fact, the rubric referred to has no bearing upon Presbyterians or Dissenters, and is only dealing with the age at which children should receive Communion. It runs as follows :—" And there shall none be admitted to the Holy Communion, uitill such time as he be confirmed or be ready and desirous to be confirmed." (The italics are mine.) During the last Sixteen years that 1 have lived and worked in Scotland, I have known of several melee of persons who have been brought up as Presbyterians and become as adults regular communicants of our Scottish Episcopal Church, though they did not consent to be confirmed. This was done with the approval of the Bishop of the diocese to which they belonged. Attempts are frequently made to enforce a stricter rule, based upon a misunderstanding of the rubric; but this does not effect the comprehensiveness of the rubrics and canons of the Church.—I am, Sir, &a, ALFRED EYRE-BROOK
(Canon Nesidentiary of Inverness Cathedral).
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