Diva
11-13-02, 06:55AM
BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2440511.stm) - Church of England is considering dress-down Sundays. Currently, vicars must wear cassocks and surplices to celebrate communion in Anglican churches. But members of the Southwell diocese in Nottinghamshire want the clergy to be given permission to dress as their parishioners do.
Already some churches breach church laws and the ministers conduct services in a clerical shirt and suit.
It is hoped that the move - to be debated at the General Synod on Monday - could help to dispel the image of the Church as out-of-date and irrelevant.
When I see a Rabbi, I feel like I need to behave myself out of respect. The Rabbi I sat next to on a plane recently was the nicest man, and seemed very approachable. But Rabbis don't wear all of the garb that some of the other religious figures do.
Religious faiths aside, do you think that dress down Sundays is a good idea?
Already some churches breach church laws and the ministers conduct services in a clerical shirt and suit.
It is hoped that the move - to be debated at the General Synod on Monday - could help to dispel the image of the Church as out-of-date and irrelevant.
When I see a Rabbi, I feel like I need to behave myself out of respect. The Rabbi I sat next to on a plane recently was the nicest man, and seemed very approachable. But Rabbis don't wear all of the garb that some of the other religious figures do.
Religious faiths aside, do you think that dress down Sundays is a good idea?