On Leithart’s Puritans and the Purity of Sacraments
Introduction In a recent article atĀ First Things, Peter Leithart laments the āhigh-churchismā of non-Protestant celebrations of the Eucharist. For Leithart, the essential difference between āhighā and ālowā liturgies is that of the preparatory ritesānot necessarily the external ornaments of incense, bells, and vestments. Beyond mere simplicity, the Protestant or āPuritanā sacramentalism was one that eschewed excessive and unnecessary foreplay: The low-church Reformersā¦
