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...case of William Purcell Witcutt [TiME, Jan. 17] is interesting even from an academic point of view. It so happens that all truth is as rigid as 2 times 2 makes 4. If he is logical, rejecting the Roman Catholic faith on account of its "rigidity," he will have to deny all truth. The poor man will have to reject the fact that the world is round, that the common housefly usually has two wings-to cite only a couple of examples...
While our Roman Catholic brethren will tell you that they did not like your article about the reconversion of William Purcell Witcutt to Protestantism, I like it very much...
When he came out of hiding, he applied to the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Rev. H. A. Wilson, for readmission into the Church of England. Witcutt did not have to be ordained-the Church of England recognizes his Catholic orders. Last Sunday he was among the worshipers at East London's Church of St. Mary Magdalene-with-St. Bartholomew, where he has been appointed curate...
...time Witcutt will do no preaching, but he will sit with the congregation until he "reabsorbs the atmosphere of the Church of England." Though he had little to say to the press, he admitted: "The reason I left the Catholic Church was because I grew to dislike the rigidity of the Roman Catholic faith; I prefer the broader outlook of the Church of England...