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To: johnb838
I don't blast the Baptists and other low church types

Then you REALLY didn't mean to use THIS choice of words; right?

630 posted on 04/15/2005 6:07:53 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Elsie

Low church isn't meant as a slur, it refers to the idea that a lot of props and pomp and circumstance are not necessary to worship God. Particularly in the Episcopal church we have low church, which resembles closely a normal Presbyterian service, except they probably take communion more, versus high church which may have crucifixes, genuflection, "smells & bells" (incense), ornate chasubles for the priests and matching altar linen, ornate wood carvings, confession, latin anthems & kyrie, and other "high" churchy sorts of things that the low church finds not only unnecessary, but at times rather offensive. Sometimes these churches are called "spiky" because they tend to have high pointy steeples.

Again, I have nothing against the low church. I like the high church because it reminds me of the magic and the power of the church through the centuries, during which, revisionist history aside, it has more often been a tool for good and for civilization than otherwise.

The only thing that worries me is that while *I* can see through the costumes and remember that the only important thing is knowing and sharing the Love of Jesus Christ, and following His Commandments, I worry that some others may not be so discerning. For example in the Catholic church, while I and most everyone who posts here understands that we are not to worship the pope and the saints, does the peasant in Rio De Janeiro understand as well? Are we causing others to stumble with our piety? Don't know. The Liturgy saves lives, I'm convinced of that.


644 posted on 04/15/2005 6:45:47 AM PDT by johnb838 (Santo Subito! Presto!)
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