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Letters from 5 to 11 December 2011

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Undo the footnote

Um, strictly speaking '. . .  And music shall untune the sky.' is the last line of John Dryden's poem 'A Song for St Cecilia's Day', subsequently set to music by GF Handel.

Vivienne Hayward
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Dariwn, Northern Trritory, AUSTRALIA
5 December 2011

Editor's note: Indeed so. In attempting to avoid being pedantic, we ended up looking rather ignorant!

Vive la différence!

Just read your reservations about the Covenant, and I do agree with you. The hardening of lines of division between denominations and indeed religions (e.g. Hindu vs Muslim in India) has to be resisted, in favour of broadening and encompassing. Life is too short to bother about erecting fences and sniping at your "opponents" — see to your own soul, don't interfere with others', and welcome their differences. We NEED differences!

Ian Duncan
Local ecumenical church
Ibiza, SPAIN
impunito@gmail.com
5 December 2011

Our Anglican position

Thanks so much for your letter re: The Anglican Covenant and for being so clear, well-thought-through, and forthright in your position, and why you took that position.

David Ross Lyon
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Dallas, Texas, USA
DallasLEMinister@GMail.com
5 December 2011

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Earlier letters

We launched our 'Letters to AO' section on 11 May 2003. All published letters are in our archives.

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