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What About Vestments For Pastors? (Concluded), Arthur Carl Piepkorn
What About Vestments For Pastors? (Concluded), Arthur Carl Piepkorn
Concordia Theological Monthly
The church's feeling that those who minister at her altars should be vested in white - although colored overvestments might be worn -is ancient and persistent. This feeling is based not merely upon esthetic considerations and upon the custom of the period but also upon the symbolism of the Sacred Scriptures (Matt.17:2; 28:3; Mark 9:3; 16:5; Acts 1:10; Rev. 3:5, 18; 4:4; 7:9, 14; 15:6; 19:8). This symbolism, of course, does not constitute any prescription.
What About Vestments For Pastors?, Arthur Carl Piepkorn
What About Vestments For Pastors?, Arthur Carl Piepkorn
Concordia Theological Monthly
In various forms this question has been asked again and again. The following pages are an attempt to answer the question for the Church of the Augsburg Confession in America.