When Did Conservative Presbyterians Start Observing the 12 Days of Christmas?

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Anyone else's FB feed full of people posting stories of "St." Stephen and redeeming the meaning of boxing day back to a day of serving the poor?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmastide

 

[NaphtaliPress]

I'm still getting used to supposed Presbyterian churches observing Lent. We're at the point anything goes in relation to the 'Christian' liturgical calendar in Presbyterianism; so I guess nothing should surprise.

 

[Afterthought]

"Concerning Candlemass, besides that the Name has Superstition written in the Forehead of it..." (Increase Mather Testimony Against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs)

 

[jwithnell]

I finally figured out why the liturgical calendar bugs me. The parallel is to well-meaning Sunday school materials, VBS, and children's story Bibles (even ones that don't flaunt the 2nd commandment): people learn certain portions of the scriptures, but nothing about what holds the Bible together. Even worse, if that's all a person hears, he'll remain ignorant of the "less important" yet God-revealed writing to His covenant people. The children's materials have their place, as an occasional help, but not as a steady diet. Having 52 bites of the Bible (and some like Lent that have rotten theology) starves a church.

 

[Peairtach]

Compared to 52 properly observed Sabbaths, it's junk.

Re Sproul's comment, Christmas is particularly hard to dislodge because of all the warm/nostalgic/"gooey" associations. Sproul's statement is rooted in emotion rather than his usual carefully thought out Reformed theology.

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