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Why did Huldrych Zwingli oppose music in the worship service?
Three of the most influential reformers, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrych Zwingli, took very different approaches to music in corporate worship. Of the three, Zwingli was the most accomplished ...
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Why do some adherents to the Westminster Standards sing hymns, rather than just psalms?
The Westminster Confession of Faith, 21.5, in its list of elements that are "parts of the ordinary religious worship of God," includes the:
singing of psalms with grace in the heart
The Confession ...
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What is the justification for reciting creeds in public worship according to the regulative principle?
Some churches which hold to the regulative principle of worship (RPW) insist that recitation of creeds or portions of confessions or catechisms by the congregation is an important act in the public ...