How do baptist Christmas beliefs compare with other sections of Christianity
2007-01-06 03:25:39 · 7 answers · asked by cognoscible 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Baptists don't celebrate epiphany. Most Baptists don't even know what epiphany is. We celebrate the Birth of Christ. We don't observe Lent, or Epiphany, or Advent, or Vespers, or any of the other Catholic observances. And these all were Catholic observances, which were kept by the protestant breakaway denominations. It is a firm Baptist belief that we are not protestant. We never protested anything. We were never part of the Catholic church to begin with so we didn't break away. John Wesley, of the Methodist belief, once made the statement, "I cannot prove that Baptists were around during the first century church, but I truly believe they were".
2007-01-06 03:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Having been a member of a Baptist church for 5 years (and secretary to the Senior Minister), you might be hopeful that I would know the answer to this. When I tell you that I don't even know what Epiphany is, then you may conclude that Baptists probably don't celebrate it!
I can tell you that Baptists, like Anglicans and other Protestant churches, celebrate Christmas with the usual advent Sunday sermons leading up to December 25. They do carols (by candlelight), deliver Christmas cards to the community and send out Christmas presents to children in deprived countries.
I've heard powerful arguments from the ministers to support the celebration of Christmas, even though Jesus wasn't born on 25 December. Personally, I remain unconvinced that educated and informed ministers/pastors should pretend to their congregations that Jesus was born on that day. I would be satisfied if they just stood up and admitted the origins of the celebration. But that's my problem. Baptists, in my humble opinion, have got the rest right, so I overlook this one issue.
2007-01-06 05:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well Ive been a Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Calvary Chapel (Non denominational) And we haven't changed anything about how we celebrate Christmas. I was not aware there were any variations in the celebration of the birth of Jesus.
2007-01-06 03:30:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't because Epiphany or Twelfth Night doesn't really form part of the Protestant tradition. Usually it's just the day you take down the last of the decorations, if you left them up after Jan 1.
2007-01-06 03:33:40 · answer #4 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im a member of a baptist church and i dont even no wot epiphany is. church of england or huever hav a more full "fchurch claendar" with lent and ash wednesday and all sorts... or catholics or huever lol. but we dont follow them in our church only basic easter friday n sunday and christmas.
2007-01-07 10:12:52 · answer #5 · answered by yellowbelly821 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that you can categorize any group of POEPLE in this way. I believe that it will be different for most Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Pentecostals, and other "denominational members" according to how they were "brought up". Have a great weekend. Don't forget to read, study, and obey your BIBLE each and every DaY! HE is watching.
Eds
2007-01-06 03:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by Eds 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's called faith. fnord
2007-01-06 03:27:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋