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The reactions in this very thread are microcosmic of those across the church it affects, I'm guessing. Fascinating.
1:a little world; especially : the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe
2: a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity
Great word, microcosmic. I can't figure what it means though?
Do you mean the vote largely reflects the sentiments of the PB posters?
It's really sad and should make all of us think about how pure of church we want, and at what cost.
My current estimate is that there are now fewer than 200 Presbyterian congregations in the entire world that have this practice.
I'm ok with it, but I do beg the Free church of scotland to not go the way of the other NAPARC churches (RPCNA excluded) and almost never sing psalms.
Someone more in tune with ARP history than me will have to speak to this authoritatively but since the ARP dropped EP in 1946 only a tiny handful of our churches (all in Eastern Canada) still practice EP. I believe we do not have a single congregation left that existed in 1946 that is still EP. I do not think it took very long after 1946 for this to occur.
Tim, just by counting three denominations you mentioned on a previous thread
http://www.puritanboard.com/f124/what-denominations-practice-exclusive-psalmody-36251/
you get to around 200. The real number must be in the thousands.
I am working on a world-wide Google maps account of every such congregation in the world.
Tim, just by counting three denominations you mentioned on a previous thread
http://www.puritanboard.com/f124/what-denominations-practice-exclusive-psalmody-36251/
you get to around 200. The real number must be in the thousands.
I'm not sure about that, Tim, but stay tuned. I am working on a world-wide Google maps account of every such congregation in the world.
The Psalms are the national anthems of the international nation, the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16) and have been, are, and will be even more used to bind that nation together in unified worship of its King, as it is in the process of inheriting the earth (Matthew 5:5).