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Old 04-17-2008, 12:33 PM
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There are many Presbyterian ministers who wear the Geneva gown. From what I have seen they have all been very plain (the popular Machen Robe is as elaborate as I have seen and that in itself is quite plain).
Is that an ecclesiastical robe? Graduate students normal wear a robe with some kind of sash like that at graduation, so I always assumed that that's what Machen had on, since he was a professor at Princeton and WTS.
It may be; however, while I was a member at Princeton Presbyterian my senior pastor's geneva gown looked exactly like Machens. RC Sproul also has a Machen-esque painted portrait of himself wearing the same robe, but I have never seen him wear it to preach.
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