[NKP_Vet]

“So it might just be that protestants who wear vestments are trying to find common ground to make it easier for catholics to join their flocks”

The reason Angelicans (Episcopalians), Lutherans and Presbyterians wear vestments is because they they made their services to be almost identical to the Catholic Church, especially Lutherans and Episcopalians who like to call themselves Catholic-lite.

[kalee]

It is Anglicans not Angelicans.

[Springfield Reformer]

The reason Angelicans (Episcopalians), Lutherans and Presbyterians wear vestments is because they they made their services to be almost identical to the Catholic Church, especially Lutherans and Episcopalians who like to call themselves Catholic-lite.

I can't speak to Lutheran or Episcopalian practice, but most Presbyterian ministers I have known have not been interested in vestments of any kind. According to this fellow cited below, the current practice of some Presbyterians has arisen fairly recently in consequence of the ecumenical movement, which the conservative Reformed such as myself regard as being driven by heresy and theological liberalism (redundant, I know).  This is probably why my experience with Presbyterian ministers is that they do not do vestments. When I do visit Reformed assemblies, I hang out exclusively with the conservatives. I have seen what the author below refers to as Geneva gowns, but rarely even that. Anyway, interesting to find someone who actually researched the evolution of vestments:

http://www.firstpresbyterianowensboro.com/view/what-we-wear

Disclaimer: Citing this article in no way suggests I agree with everything the author says.  Only that I found his research enlightening.

Peace,

SR