The Real Question as to Altar Lights / Christ's Body Present by Consecration, and Offered in the Sacrament of the Altar: A Letter to the Rev. John W.H. Molyneux

The author addresses a clerical controversy over the presence and use of altar lights and the doctrine of the Eucharist, replying to a colleague whose bishop refused to commune with him. He examines historical and legal precedents, including royal injunctions and court decisions, to argue that lights were prescribed and that leaving candles unlit contradicts legal requirement and reverent practice. He critiques the bishop's punitive abstention, insists that only Crown and Parliament can determine binding church usages, warns against irregular local acts shaping worship, and considers how consecration relates to the offering of Christ's body in the sacrament.