How To Tell If My Church Is A High Or Low Church? And What’s The Difference Between The Two
My Nan attended my local Church for the first time after going to a more “happy clappy American/Evangelical church” and she says that my Church is a High Church I never noticed or knew that my Church is High always thought that it was a normal/traditional Church she says that High Churches are a step below Catholic
The Church has a stoup at the entrance which my Nan said she has never seen that on a church before and also every Sunday they have the Eucharist no hymns or music just prayers collects sermons and gospel and bible readings then finally communion where you go up to the high altar kneel and receive the body and blood of Christ.
The other church I attended is totally different no stoup there’s hymns and less traditional service no going up to the high altar to receive communion but take it at the low altar no knelling the priest also wears less elaborate clothes just more simple vestments that you would normally see like on tv shows or movies
They are both part of the Diocese Of Lichfield and Church Of England
So is the difference just Tradition/Ceremony and different styles of services