The Tie Clasp In Pentecost.
 

In many Apostolic churches ,men wearing tie clasps on their neckties is taught agains't in standards preaching and teaching. However looking at pre-merger and merger era pictures one finds many Oneness preachers wearing tie clasps.
Why were they acceptable to many in the church in that day ?
Also if one has seen the first General board of The UPCI picture you will see alot of the men wearing tie clasps.
I realize years ago men wore suits to dinner and to ride trains and tie clasps were looking upon an a fashion accesory in that day ,now many men's clothing stores don't carry them, is the reason perhaps that tie clasps were acceptable to many back in the day ?

I never used as fashion accessory, it was to keep my tie out of the spagetti.

Here is an interesting article on the eulogy of the Tie Clasp.
http://slate.com/id/2167134

They were worldly.:saycheese:poloroid:telephone:gclock

The tie itself is a vanity. Having to clasp it in place to avoid food stains or strangulation is a sign of weakness. Gird up your thorax when you gird up your loins and be done with it!

All is vanity...

I wear a tie CLIP....if that is what you meant....when I do wear a tie and when I can find the clip lol

Scott:

I've got to tell you a family story about the infamous tie clip...

My Grandad was visiting a campmeeting many years ago and he was wearing a tie clip. A woman walked up to him and asked, "Brother Morgan, I see you're wearing a tie clip, so I guess it's all right for me to wear earrings then?"

Grandad replied, "Sister, when your ears flop around like my tie does, you can wear all the earrings you need." :tiphat

See there men in Pentecost did wear those tie clips.

Yes, they did. When I was just a youngster I visited an Apostolic church for a rally once. I wore a tie clasp because I had been taught as a child to wear a tie clasp.

After the service as everyone was shaking hands and fellowshipping, a total stranger walked up to me and rebuked (not too harshly, but rebuked) me for wear that tie clasp. Just because I otherwise looked the part, he assumed that I must have been a part of one the Apostolic youth groups. I was really just a kid looking for Christians.

What if you were a first time visitor at that church.
And that stranger wasn't even your pastor.