{"id":18598,"date":"2025-01-12T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18598"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:25:24","slug":"lent-observed-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/lent-observed-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"\u65b0\u6559\u5f92\u5e86\u795d\u56db\u65ec\u671f\u5417\uff1f\u5723\u516c\u4f1a\u3001\u8def\u5fb7\u5b97\u548c\u536b\u7406\u516c\u4f1a\u5e86\u795d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Many do, each in its own way. Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches keep Lent from Ash Wednesday to Easter, and Presbyterian service books have provided for it since the 1970s. Most Baptist and other evangelical churches leave it to personal choice, if they mark it at all, and some Reformed Christians reject it as a season Scripture never commanded. What divides them is mostly the calendar. On Ash Wednesday an Episcopal minister may mark a forehead with ashes and say,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many do. Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches keep Lent, while most Baptists leave it to personal choice and some Reformed Christians reject it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3714,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/protestant-christian-vs-reformed-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":18598,"position":0},"title":"Reformed vs Protestant: What Is the Difference?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reformed churches are one Protestant family, grown from the teaching of Zwingli and Calvin. 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