Religious Holidays

Rev. Cammenga is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. "The churches shall observe, in addition to the Sunday, also Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Day, Pentecost, the Day of Prayer, the National Thanksgiving Day, and Old and New Year's Day." Church Order, Article 67. History of Article 67 The content of Article 67 does not express the early opinion of the Reformers with respect to the observance of the religious holidays. Well known is the...