The Church Graph
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I'd move the United Methodists a notch further left. I'd add the Free Methodists (who picked up a good many churches in the UMC split) and the Nazarenes, probably coupling them with the GMC. All are Wesleyan-Arminian.
Also, I'm not sure the high church/low church is quite the dividing line it used to be.
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They’ve got low church Anglicans but no high church Anglicans
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What is the different between high and low church?
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High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.@Jolly said in The Church Graph:
High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.Thanks! (Not quite sure what all that means, so will have to study and find out. LOL)
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@Jolly said in The Church Graph:
High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.Thanks! (Not quite sure what all that means, so will have to study and find out. LOL)
@taiwan_girl said in The Church Graph:
@Jolly said in The Church Graph:
High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.Thanks! (Not quite sure what all that means, so will have to study and find out. LOL)
High Church Anglican - dresses up in robes, has service in 16th century building with a bunch of old people
Low Church Anglican - jeans in a village hall (sometimes with heating!) with a bunch of old people and a few younger people
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@taiwan_girl said in The Church Graph:
@Jolly said in The Church Graph:
High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.Thanks! (Not quite sure what all that means, so will have to study and find out. LOL)
High Church Anglican - dresses up in robes, has service in 16th century building with a bunch of old people
Low Church Anglican - jeans in a village hall (sometimes with heating!) with a bunch of old people and a few younger people
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Church Graph:
@taiwan_girl said in The Church Graph:
@Jolly said in The Church Graph:
High Church - ceremony, sacraments , ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Low Church - Scripture as ultimate authority with little ritual.Thanks! (Not quite sure what all that means, so will have to study and find out. LOL)
High Church Anglican - dresses up in robes, has service in 16th century building with a bunch of old people
Low Church Anglican - jeans in a village hall (sometimes with heating!) with a bunch of old people and a few younger people
Some thoughts...
Don't care for the casualness of much of the Christian church today. No, I'm not advocating protestant preachers don priestly robes, but I find the polo and khaki pants thing a bit denigrating to God.
While God will take people as they are and a man's soul matters more than his garments, I think God also demands our best. I think God demands respect. I also think dressing in one's "Sunday Best" programs the mind and spirit into realizing that coming together with fellow believers for a worship service is a special event, even if it occurs weekly. And I think that should extend from the laity to the clergy.
I also like a bit of ritual within a church. I think rituals are important for continuity and for reassurance. Being Baptist, the two sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist are important for both their individual and collective significance. Other denominations have more, but all have their place within that denomination's belief structure.
