How Many "3 Steppers" Do We Have On Aff???

[Joseph Miller]

Originally Posted by Sheltiedad

I'm still trying to figure out if this is for real...

It is as real as real gets

[Joseph Miller]

Originally Posted by Caston Smith

It's evident that Apostolics are very "hard" on woman when it comes to standards and seem to leave out the men so to speak ...


I think men should refrain from wearing patten-leather shoes, colored socks, any kind of large square toed "Italian" look shoes, about the only acceptions is plain black wing-tips or a Florshiem shoe that is not flashy. They should wear their hair combed neatly. No hair touching their collar. No tight pants or jeans. No kind of muscle shirt. Should only wear white dress shirts to the House of God. Things of these sort ...

I wear colored socks, square toed shoes, wing tips too, flash cuff links, colored shirts, bright ties, man yall better pray for me. lol

Originally Posted by Caston Smith

It's evident that Apostolics are very "hard" on woman when it comes to standards and seem to leave out the men so to speak ...


I think men should refrain from wearing patten-leather shoes, colored socks, any kind of large square toed "Italian" look shoes, about the only acceptions is plain black wing-tips or a Florshiem shoe that is not flashy. They should wear their hair combed neatly. No hair touching their collar. No tight pants or jeans. No kind of muscle shirt. Should only wear white dress shirts to the House of God. Things of these sort ...

What about before wing-tips were invented? Did someone at some point have to allow them as an exception? Obviously, they were not around during the time of the Apostles... and if so, who was this person and how did he get the authority to determine that wing-tips were okay?

Originally Posted by Joseph Miller

I wear colored socks, square toed shoes, wing tips too, flash cuff links, colored shirts, bright ties, man yall better pray for me. lol

The Florshiem above is the one I wear and a good modest conservative looking shoe not too flashy, and not too dull ...

Here are other acceptions of men's dress shoes.

Originally Posted by Sheltiedad

What about before wing-tips were invented? Did someone at some point have to allow them as an exception? Obviously, they were not around during the time of the Apostles... and if so, who was this person and how did he get the authority to determine that wing-tips were okay?

Well, before wing tips came out ... any type of plain black dress shoe would have been acceptable. Wing tips are traditionally worn by a lot of preachers and church men.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Caston Smith

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As for as robes go ... I won't fellowship a preacher who wears anything like that, or a clerical collar. We're not Catholic, or Episcopalian, Orthodox, Luthern or anything of those ... I believe a preacher should wear a solid white dress shirt, a full suit, and tie.

Scarves are just considered a "cloth necklace" and I don't believe should be worn.

Cloak-a loose outer garment ... people shouldn't wear clothes that will not be modestly formed to their body in that they are not revealing their nakedness.

Isn't a tie just a "cloth necklace" for a man? Or worse, a silk necklace?

And why just white shirts? That really is a departure from what we know about the 1st Century Apostles.

Originally Posted by Caston Smith

Well, before wing tips came out ... any type of plain black dress shoe would have been acceptable. Wing tips are traditionally worn by a lot of preachers and church men.

But at some point, someone had to decide that wing-tips were okay right? Since they have not always been around....

By the way, my wing-tips look like the 2nd pair you posted... so I think I am okay? I do like the waxed shoe-strings, but it seems that that could be perceived as vain... should I just just plain cotton shoestrings?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Caston Smith

Well, before wing tips came out ... any type of plain black dress shoe would have been acceptable. Wing tips are traditionally worn by a lot of preachers and church men.

So, the "traditions of men" is okay? For many of us it is traditional for men to refrain from shaving their faces smooth like a woman's face, or that of a little boy.

The Roman Catholic Church introduced the tradition of preachers shaving their faces smooth as a sign of submission to the Pope. When he rebelled against Rome, the first thing Martin Luther did was to grow a beard. Same with Calvin and thousands of others.

But today the Apostolics you fellowship and the Roman Catholic Church are the only fellowships that require their ministers to shave their faces smooth.

Why do you follow this Catholic tradition?

[Joseph Miller]

GOOD question

Originally Posted by pelathais

Isn't a tie just a "cloth necklace" for a man? Or worse, a silk necklace?

And why just white shirts? That really is a departure from what we know about the 1st Century Apostles.

Well, for instance if men wear bright crimson red dress shirts; the blood of Jesus Christ is crimson red and we know this from the song written by the PAW Pioneer G. T Haywood "I See A Crimson Stream of Blood", and they are throwing off on the blood ... wouldn't you think?

Another color men should not wear is purple because in Revelation it said the mother harlot had scarlet array. Also the robe Jesus Christ wore before His crucifixion, they mocked Him with a purple robe. So men should refrain from wearing especially those two colors ...

Pink, is definitely too feminine that's totally out of the question.

Me should ONLY wear white dress shirts to church because white is the symbol of purity.