Church Costume -- See Church vestments Here are entered works on the distinctive dress and insignia worn by clergy and their assistants when performing liturgical and other services of the church. Works on the clothing worn by clergy in daily life and on the street are entered under Clergy--Costume.
Church Fathers -- See Fathers of the church Here are entered works on the life and thought of the leaders of the early church to the time of Gregory the Great in the West and John of Damascus in the East. Writings of early Christian authors are entered under Christian literature, Early.
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Church Festivals -- See Fasts and feasts Here are entered works on religious fasts and feasts in general and on Christian fasts and feasts. The heading may also be divided by religious body or non-Christian religion, e.g. Fasts and feasts--Catholic Church, [Judaism, etc.] For fasts and feasts of a religious body occurring in a particular place, add a second heading Fasts and feasts--[local subdivision].
