Letter to the editor: Disputing facts about the Journal

Notes: "I'm not sure that the 'Dominion Churchman' was really the direct institutional forerunner of the 'Anglican Journal' as you say in your September editorial ['The gift of possibilities', Sept. 2014, p. 4], since there were changes of ownership in 1912 and 1948. If it is the forerunner, though, then you aren't correct in saying that the first lay editor was appointed in 1968, since the founder of the 'Dominion Churchman', Frank Wootten, was a layperson, and he served as editor from 1875 to 1890. Also, from 1926 to 1944 the editor of the 'Canadian Churchman' was Clara McIntyre, long before women were ordained. Similarly, it wouldn't be correct to say that being editorially independent of the church was an innovation of 1977, since the newspaper didn't come under church control until 1948". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Anglican Journal - History; Religious newspapers and periodicals - Anglican Church of Canada - History; Editorial independence