One of the most interesting of comparisons between England and France in the present day is suggested by philosophical Anglicanism, but before seeking for the French equivalent we need some definition of the English original. [Sidenote: Its Mental Freedom.] It appears to be a condition of absolute mental freedom, a freedom fully equal to that enjoyed by M. Renan, for example, combined with adhesion to all Anglican forms and a clinging to the Anglican name. The philosophical Anglican criticises the sacred texts, has no respect for dogmas, and expresses his own opinions in language of refreshing candour and frankness, yet at the same time he will not be called a dissenter, and is certainly not a nonconformist. He has his seat in church with the motto “_J’y suis et j’y reste._” [Sidenote: Opinions held by different Philosophical Anglicans.] [Sidenote: Their Treatment of Dogma.] The opinions of a philosophical Anglican are individual, and so much his own that we cannot justly attribute any one set of opinions to two men, each of whom would repudiate responsibility for the other. Some opinions appear to be what we should once have called Unitarian, others belong to pure Deism, and the more advanced to scientific Agnosticism, in which the existence of a conscious and thinking Deity seems doubtful and the continuity of life beyond the grave a dream. As for the old dogmas, they are treated as the subjects of past controversies. The Trinity and the Incarnation have gone the way of the Real Presence,[41] though we may still retain for them a kind of imaginative credence like that which, in reading Tennyson, we have for the Holy Grail. [Sidenote: Difference between Philosophical Anglicanism and ordinary Formalism.] [Sidenote: Honest Frankness of the Leaders.] [Sidenote: Followers probably not so Frank.] [Sidenote: Philosophical Anglicanism amongst the Clergy.]