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Originally Posted by R. Scott Clark  Daniel,
May I query you on this?
Didn't the fellows who gave us the RPW wear them?
I realize the dangers of enlarging the category "circumstance" unduly but we still do distinguish between elements and circumstances and aren't matters such as clothing a circumstance (along with place, time of day, posture etc)?
My concern is not to lose the RPW inadvertently by identifying circumstances with elements.
rsc Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie Distinct ecclesiastical garments are a breach of the regulative principle. 
If we are going to have special clothes for ministers, then why not for the elders and deacons as well? | |
Dr Clark
The fellows who gave us the RPW were the writers of Scripture, who did not wear dog collars.
I do believe that a minister's clothing is a circumstance, however, I believe that when an item of clothing becomes identified with a church office or is uniquely used in worship to distinguish a minister, then it violates the RPW. Hope that makes some sense.