Talk:Normative principle of worship

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"The Normative Principle of Worship is the generally accepted approach to worship practiced by the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists. The Regulative Principle of Worship is the generally accepted approach to worship practiced by the Baptists and Presbyterians."

Really? That's unreferenced, POV, and just plain wrong. So says this presbyterian. This article needs a total re-write - indicating whoose views there are, or simple deletion. --

• The disputed statments are apparently gone, and no more discussion on merging, therefore I have removed the merge box. Yahnatan 15:16, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Don't have time to edit right now, but this entire "article" is really just an essay, and most of it is argumentative regarding something other than its topic. Does anyone else see a problem with that....? BenRussell (talk) 21:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be more of a theological treatise, or argument, than an informative article fit for wikipedia. Also, as is mentioned above, there are no references. I also believe it should either be completely rewritten or deleted, but have not the time to do it today. 96.233.177.93 (talk) 15:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am curious about the 2nd and 3rd sentences in the first paragraph. "The normative principle teaches that whatever is not prohibited in Scripture is permitted in worship, as long as it is agreeable to the peace and unity of the Church. In short, there must be agreement with the general practice of the Church and no prohibition in Scripture for whatever is done in worship." This was among the edit added 16 September 2013. What is the source for this? I don't recall previously seeing anything like "agreement with the general practice of the Church" in definitions of the normative principle. Further, I am not sure I understand what it means. For example, what "Church"? Thanks. Rlvaughn (talk) 14:28, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Normative principle has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 March 20 § Normative principle until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:30, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]