THEOSOPHY AND CHRISTIANITY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 27 November 1930, Page 16

THEOSOPHY AND CHRISTIANITY.

TO THE EPITOII OF THE rr.BSH • Siiv —l am' afraid Mr Colonna must have read my letter in a hurry, or else h«v would" have socn thai I den.lt with nioro. than the etvmolosry of the word '••'Kiiostie."- • As.' a matter of fact, ! didn't . discuss its etymology at all— I only . protested against M-r-.Colonna's lining;' ..j.tT in" . two diU'ei-our, sensed' I also' asked Sir Colofma lo open Ido Theosophio tin and i<?t us see whether the contents Imd not a- Buddhist finvoi.ir. ■ 1 f certainly did stale: thai, the "(in on-' -11 c-f; were regarded ns heretics hy the early Church; whereupon Mr Colonna'

replies with a burst of eloquence concerning tho "courage, intelligence, and honesty" of certain persons who, in their time, were regarded as heretics (and nono of whom, by the way, professed aliy belief in reincarnation). Quito so. It falls to the lot of many good persons to be misunderstood by their own generation. There may even rome a time when even Italian Liberals will regard Mussolini as the saviour of Italy. But tho fact that all those herein-before-mentioned good pcopla were heretics does not prove that all heretics are good people, and T notice that Mr Colonnn does not include Ccrinthus and Basilides in the list. 1 am sorry that Mr Coionna is disappointed with my letter, but really it is his own fault, because I made two requests in it—one already referred to; and the other a request to define his word "divine," which he apparently thinks is an attribute ot Christ onlv, insofar as it is an attribute of all men. And the.se requests Mr Coionna apparently has not noticed. ' —Yours, etc., TREMAYNE M. CUT?,NOW. St. Faith's Vicarage, New Brighton. November 16th, 1930.