From the Revd Bob Burn
Sir, - In your article (
Features, 21 September) "The day the shepherds were scattered",
about 1662, I was surprised to read the sentence: "The year 1662
was not the final parting of the ways, but it was the moment when
Anglicans lost their monopoly as the sole Protestant Church in
England."
In 1645, use of the Prayer Book had
been prohibited, even in private. In 1646, the office of bishop had
been abolished, and that of dean in 1649. The article is curiously
silent about the 20 years that preceded 1662.
BOB BURN
Sunnyside, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 6AB