By Father Toms
All churches have a distinctive manner of worship. Even those that claim to have no order of service, are very liturgical in their own way. Their so-called spontaneous prayers use the same expressions over and over. Certain movements and postures become standardized even in those churches which claim that they are most [...]
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Teaching Your Child to Worship in the Reformed Episcopal Church
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Why Does St. Paul’s Observe Holy Communion Each Sunday?
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By Father Toms
Many people believe that the weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper is not taught in the Scriptures. Some think that the observance of the Holy Communion on a weekly basis is an invention of the Roman Catholic Church. Both of these assumptions are false. A study of Scripture and early Church history reveals [...]
Why Do We Call our Pastors “Father”?
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by Father Toms
Many conservative evangelicals have resisted the practice of calling their pastor “Father,” by an appeal to Matthew 23:8-10, which reads, “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father which [...]
