Significance of white in a tartan

[Touchstone]

Jock:

I can’t speak with any authority on churches other than my own, but my impression is that it’s just by some, and those being the Catholic or churches whose services are similar to/derived from those of the Catholic church (i.e., Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, etc. in which the clergy wear vestments, etc.). The church my family attends derives from the Restoration Movement (which has its roots in Scotland, by the way) and is not “high church”, so none of this for us. Not likely be seen in evangelical or more fundamentalist churches.

Now back to kilts and tartans…

Cheers,

SM

In my Lutheran youth, I had the impression that the liturgical colors would be reflected primarily in the stole (or tippit, or sash ...) worn over the shoulders and draped down the front of the vestments. The stole would change with each season, but the base vestments would remain the same. (In those traditions derived from the Catholic, as you say.)