| Description | Includes correspondence with Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster passim; Archbishop Coggan's sermon in Westminster Cathedral on 25 Jan 1978 (ff.19-26); correspondence with Norman St.John-Stevas MP (ff.27, 44) and Revd Arthur Macarthur, General Secretary and Clerk of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (ff.28, 43); Cardinal Hume's speech to the General Synod on 1 Feb 1978 (ff.29-42); a copy of a letter to the Times from Dr Bryan Thwaites, Principal of Westfield College regarding intercommunion and related correspondence, including with Rt Revd Gerald Ellison, Bishop of London (ff.45-55); correspondence with Cardinal Suenens (f.56), Bruno Heim (ff.57, 63), Pope Paul VI (ff.58-9); a report from Most Revd Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne, on the Anglican/Roman seminar in Rome from 5-27 Feb 1978 (ff.60-2); papers relating to the death of Pope Paul VI, including Bishop Ellison's report of the funeral and Revd Christopher Hill's report on the election of Pope John Paul I, including a post script on his death (ff.64-85); papers relating to the death of John Paul I, including a report by Bishop Ellison on the funeral (ff.86-98); papers relating to the inauguration of Pope John Paul II, including a report by Revd Canon Michael Moore and correspondence with members of the public (ff.99-122); a commentary by the Bishop of Chelmsford on the directory of mixed marriages and related correspondence with Bishop Ellison, Rt Revd John Taylor, Bishop of Winchester, Rt Revd Kenneth Woollcombe, Bishop of Oxford, Rt Revd Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Newcastle, Rt Revd Maurice Wood, Bishop of Norwich, and Derek Pattinson, Secretary-General of the General Synod (ff.123-158). |