Do Protestants Observe Lent?

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Yes. Lutherans do, anyway. I’ll be receiving ashes on my forehead at Divine Service this evening too. I’ll be privately holding to some fasts as well.
 
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Or any of the Lenten traditions?
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Depends on the Protestants. Anglicans definitely do, Lutherans do, some Methodists do, some Presbyterians do in some form or another. Basically the further you get from Catholicism, the less likely they’ll celebrate Lent in the way Catholics do. Baptists, Mennonites and other Anabaptists being the main exceptions who don’t celebrate Lent or really anything associated with the season in any form.

I can speak from personal experience that Anglicans definitely do celebrate Lent. Got my ashes at 7:30 this morning before work. And while the fasting and abstinence rules are a bit different than the RCC, they can be comparable if one so chooses. They were definitely comparable in the old 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1979 BCP allows for that to continue if the congregant so chooses.
 
Indeed, but I’m not very good at it–I guess that’s the whole point.
 
Non-Catholic churches that are liturgical certainly celebrate Lent. That includes Anglicans, Lutherans, Old Catholics, Orthodox, MCCs, etc.

The non-liturgical churches are more and more interested in things like the liturgical year, and customs such as being ‘ashed’ on Ash Wednesday. You’ll see Presbyterians, Methodists, non-denominationals having services today and offering special classes or retreats for Lent. It’s nice that this custom is finding its way back into communities. I think it’s a growing trend.
 
Padres1969 said:
Depends on the Protestants. Anglicans definitely do, Lutherans do, some Methodists do, some Presbyterians do in some form or another. Basically the further you get from Catholicism, the less likely they’ll celebrate Lent in the way Catholics do. Baptists, Mennonites and other Anabaptists being the main exceptions who don’t celebrate Lent or really anything associated with the season in any form.

I can speak from personal experience that Anglicans definitely do celebrate Lent. Got my ashes at 7:30 this morning before work. And while the fasting and abstinence rules are a bit different than the RCC, they can be comparable if one so chooses. They were definitely comparable in the old 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1979 BCP allows for that to continue if the congregant so chooses.
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I’m a convert from the Mennonite faith and, interestingly enough, my former church is having an Ash Wednesday service tonight; although, I think that’s the exception, rather than the rule.
 
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I’m a convert from the Mennonite faith and, interestingly enough, my former church is having an Ash Wednesday service tonight; although, I think that’s the exception, rather than the rule.
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That’s interesting!
 
ctb95 said:
I’m a convert from the Mennonite faith and, interestingly enough, my former church is having an Ash Wednesday service tonight; although, I think that’s the exception, rather than the rule.
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That is fascinating. I wonder if other congregations are having a service today, and if this is the trend I spoke of earlier.
 
Greetings I am a convert from the Reformed Catholicism of the Church of England to Roman Catholicism. Anglicans observe Lent and some high church Anglo Catholic’s are as devout as zealous Roman Catholics, in their devotions and practice .
God bless all my friends and foes.
 
There are still fundamentalists out there who insist it is the mark of the beast.
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This Lenten Season will be the first I have observed. I didn’t full on fast, but I ate less than I usually do. (One small meal and one larger meal) and I skipped breakfast. I didn’t receive ashes, although I wanted to. This Friday I will try and eat even less than today. I did eat some chicken, but I’m under the impression that chicken doesn’t count as “meat” during lent.
 
GNM1999 said:
This Lenten Season will be the first I have observed. I didn’t full on fast, but I ate less than I usually do. (One small meal and one larger meal) and I skipped breakfast. I didn’t receive ashes, although I wanted to. This Friday I will try and eat even less than today. I did eat some chicken, but I’m under the impression that chicken doesn’t count as “meat” during lent.
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Pretty sure chicken counts as meat. Hence the whole “Catholic Fish Friday” thing at least in the Catholic tradition. And any Protestant traditions that follow similar rules.
 
Padres1969 said:
Depends on the Protestants. Anglicans definitely do, Lutherans do, some Methodists do, some Presbyterians do in some form or another. Basically the further you get from Catholicism, the less likely they’ll celebrate Lent in the way Catholics do. Baptists, Mennonites and other Anabaptists being the main exceptions who don’t celebrate Lent or really anything associated with the season in any form.

I can speak from personal experience that Anglicans definitely do celebrate Lent. Got my ashes at 7:30 this morning before work. And while the fasting and abstinence rules are a bit different than the RCC, they can be comparable if one so chooses. They were definitely comparable in the old 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1979 BCP allows for that to continue if the congregant so chooses.
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I was going to say that my dh was raised Baptist and he doesn’t observe Lent - but he does go to our Fish Frys. 😉
 
Pretty sure chicken counts as meat. Hence the whole “Catholic Fish Friday” thing at least in the Catholic tradition. And any Protestant traditions that follow similar rules.
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Oh :(I was told it wasn’t considered meat. I feel bad now. I’ll abstain from meat from now on.
 
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