Protestant Burials
Protestant burial services and rituals vary enormously between denominations and from the wishes of the family, but can be said to be generally simpler than Catholic or Eastern Orthodox ones.
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Famous quotes containing the words protestant and/or burials:
“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“Cole’s Hill was the scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the first year of the settlement. Corn was planted over their graves so that the Indians should not know how many of their number had perished.”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)