A conversation about the Holy Communion, between a Baptist, a Congregationalist,a Methodist,a Presbyterian, and two Anglicans.

64 p.; 18.5 cm. (Living church books) `On All Saints' Day, 1961, an Open Letter addressed to the Archbishops of Centerbury and York by 32 members of the Church of England appeared in the Press. The signatories for all their wide diversity of outlook had, among other things, this in common that they all had a very `high' view of the two sacrmanets of the Gospel--Baptism and the Hoy Communion.' (p. 7) -- `Some of us believe that the search for an answer demands a great deal of mutual discovery. Indeed some of the Anglicans who wrote to disagree with the Open Letter had quite obviously never tried to discover what Methodists and Presbyterians, Baptists and Congregationalists meant by Holy Communion. There was a tacit assumption that there really was little or nothing in common. We are, indeed, paying a dreadful price for the age long mispractice of ex-communication. This book is the record of an experiment in mutual discovery. The typescript of the recording was therefore subsequently sent to each of the group, so that they could deal with their more flagrant grammatical lapses and possible incoherencies. In all essentials, however, what is printed here is what was recorded as we sat round the table. We met in order to learn from each other in the process. I think it can be claimed that where it had not already done so acquaintance began to ripen to trust and friendship which is not surprising.' (p. 11 f.) VG, stapled, in orig. magenta on white wrapper.…