ANGLO-CATHOLICS AND ItE . UNION
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[To the Editor 4. rrif. SPECTATOR.] SIR,—You printed quite recently a_letter fmn Captain W. A. Powell in. which he wrote of "the Anglo-Catholic Mtention to bring the English Church once, again under Braman". obedience." .Miss Rose Macaulay seems. to deny, that _iriteir., tion and points to the Church Times in proof of her contention. But, Sir, there are very many Anglo-Catholics who certainly, do wish to bring about corporate reunion between the , Anglican and Roman Companions, , and who .,regard the present attitude of, the .church Titncs as only indicative of, arrested development. At the present time we are a minority, it is true ; but we are a determined, minority, and such minorities have .often worked wonders in history. Many of us, like myself, are quite insignificant curates and a still greater number are very young lay folk—but there must come a time when we shall no longer be so insignificant. •
We believe that the Church of England was forced by the State into separation from Rome. We believe that 'it is our - duty to bring our mother Church back into visible union with the See from which she was unwillingly cut off. We do not forget the assertion Of our bishops that "there can be no fulfilment of the Divine Purpose in any scheme of reunion which does not ultimately include the great Latin Church of the West." We .believe that the restoration. of- visible union with Rome will be the logical and inevitable: result of those principles for which the fathers of the Anglo- Catholic Revival worked and suffered.—Yours, &c., 23 Barr's Court Road, Hereford. H. A. JOIIN WINDLE.
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