Tradition.—A term used in the Thirty-fourth Article of Religion to denote customs, rites, forms and ceremonies of the Church which have been transmitted by oral communications or long established usage, and which though not commanded in so many words in Holy Scripture, yet have always been used and kept in the Holy Catholic Church. For this reason they are revered, practiced and retained in its various branches at the present time. Such traditions are the following:
1. The observance of the first day of the week instead of the seventh.
2. The observance of the Christian Year, or the system of Feasts and Fasts and Holy Seasons according to the events in our Lord's Life.
3. The Baptism of Infants.
4. The use of Liturgical worship.
5. The use of vestments by the ministers in divine service.
6. The arrangement of our churches after the model of the Temple. {257}
7. The observance of the seven hours of prayer.
8. The sign of the Cross in Baptism and at other times.
9. The choral service.