Sir, - I am part of a minority of the congregation of St Patrick's Cathedral, Trim who are sad at the recent resignation of Andrew Furlong.
I really appreciated his intellectually credible slant on God and faith, and given that there is a vigorous debate worldwide among eminent Christian theologians about the divinity of Jesus, was it not a little premature to throw out so talented a man while the debate is still in full flight?
Looking at our dwindling and ageing congregations, perhaps our best hope is that another breed of bishops will emerge who will not blindly follow the status quo. - Yours, etc.,
ROBERT WILLIAMSON,
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Trim,
Co Meath.