Kilts and Clergy wear

[MacRobert's Reply]

For me the clerical shirt and collar (or clergy waistcoat or bib stock) are generally sufficient, and I am content to wear the same jackets and doublets as my secular friends and colleagues without any further distinction. My morning dress Argyll jacket is black anyway as is my velvet Sheriffmuir doublet for evening wear. However, the buttons on the Sheriffmuir are antiqued so a duller silver. For day wear, green and check tweeds with antler buttons are fine.

I do have clergy friends and colleagues, however, for whom black is the only colour. Among these all blacks I cant think of any that wear the (tartan) kilt which in itself would break the all-black hegemony. It seems to me that once one is clad in tartan, a bit of silver and additional colour is fairly incidental ... but that's just me and its all a matter of personal taste.

By the way Jock, I didn't know the Church of England was in your neck of the woods. Could this kilt-wearing cleric actually be from the Scottish Episcopal Church? If so, although part of the Anglican Communion and popular with English Christians living in Scotland, definitely not C of E. They were, after all, proscribed by parliament after the '45.

[Jock Scot]

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By the way Jock, I didn't know the Church of England was in your neck of the woods. Could this kilt-wearing cleric actually be from the Scottish Episcopal Church? If so, although part of the Anglican Communion and popular with English Christians living in Scotland, definitely not C of E. They were, after all, proscribed by parliament after the '45.

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You have got me there, frankly I have no idea! I only visit a church to pay my respects to those that are getting married or, the dead and the details of either service mean little to me. I am on nodding terms with the local clergy, but I have----as you can see-----only a very hazy idea to which team they are batting for.

[Jay]

I'm emended of Peter Griffin, Homer Simpson or Jim Varney opening the closet to 10 identical outfits.


That said, I whole heartedly encourage any man of God to wear a kilt if his heart desires.