Editing Cassock (section)

=== Anglican and Methodist ===
[[File:Anne Jeff 555.JPG|thumb|upright|An Anglican priest wearing the standard double-breasted Sarum cassock]]
The [[Church of England|Anglican church]] uses single and double-breasted cassocks. For many this is to indicate tradition (single-breasted in the [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] tradition and double-breasted in the [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] end of the church).

The double-breasted cassock fastens at the shoulders on the opposing side of the breast and at the waist with one concealed button. The latter usually has a single small stem-button sewn at centre front about {{convert|12|-|15|cm|frac=2}} below the centre-front neck line which is used to secure the [[academic hood]], worn for Choir Dress.

The single-breasted cassock worn by Anglicans traditionally has thirty-nine buttons as signifying the ''[[Thirty-Nine Articles]],'' or as some would prefer "[[2 Corinthians 11|Forty stripes save one]]" – the punishment [[Saint Paul the Apostle]] says he received from the Jews.

Cassocks are often worn without a [[cincture]] and some opt for a buckled belt.<ref>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Nina|title=On The Button|date=15 December 2011|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781848855847|page=178|quote=In the Roman Catholic version the 33 buttons are said to represent the years of Jesus's life; in the Anglican the 39 buttons are thought by some to represent the 39 Articles of Faith. The Ambrosian cassock has only five buttons, with a broad sash at the waist; the French cassock has buttons elegantly up the sleeves as in a modern lounge suit; Jesuits prefer a fly fastening and no buttons on show whatsoever.}}<!--|access-date=2015-06-17--></ref>

Black is the most common colour for priests ([[presbyter]]s), [[Lay reader|readers]], vergers, and server cassocks. Lighter colours, such as white are used in tropical countries and some cathedrals have colours specific for their location. Piping is also used in the Anglican church to indicate position held with red being used for Deans, Archdeacons and Cathedral Canons. Bishops and [[Archbishop]]s often wear purple cassocks. This has been practise since the 19th century. More recently the Archbishops have chosen to wear black, this can be seen in the ministries of [[Rowan Williams]] and [[Justin Welby]]. A comparatively recent custom – since the reign of [[Edward VII]] – is that scarlet cassocks are properly worn only by [[Chaplain to the King|Chaplains to the King]] and by members of Royal foundations such as [[Westminster Abbey]] and some Cambridge college chapels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2010 |title=Out of the question: Peculiar colour of cassocks |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2010/26-november/features/features/out-of-the-question-peculiar-colour-of-cassocks |website=[[Church Times]] |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028143553/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2010/26-november/features/features/out-of-the-question-peculiar-colour-of-cassocks |url-status=live }}</ref> They are also worn by the Head Master and Master of the King's Scholars of [[Westminster School]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oldwestminsterslodge.org/Westminster%20School%20Odds%20and%20Ends.pdf |title=Odds & Ends of Westminster School |work=OldWestMinstersLodge.org |first=Robert HG |last=Charles |date=2015 |access-date=19 November 2020 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212051230/http://oldwestminsterslodge.org/Westminster%20School%20Odds%20and%20Ends.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Circular reporting|date=April 2022}}</ref> Nonetheless, many cathedral canons wear full crimson cassocks rather than with mere piping,{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} as do many servers guilds and choirs due to longstanding practice.

[[File:School choir.jpg|thumb|A school choir wearing cassocks under [[surplice]]s]]
Cassocks are sometimes also worn by [[Reader (liturgy)|readers]], [[altar server]]s, and [[choir]] members, when they do this is the double-breasted style. Readers and altar servers usually wear black cassocks, but those worn by choirs are usually coloured.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Ministers (presbyters) of the [[Methodist Church of Great Britain]] also traditionally wear a double-breasted cassock (as in the evangelical Anglican tradition).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallwork |first1=Norman |title=Blackbirds and Budgerigars: Critical History of Methodist Liturgical Dress 1786–1986 |date=1986 |publisher=Methodist Sacramental Society |location=Stoke-on-Trent, England |isbn=978-0951259917 |url=http://www.sacramental.org.uk/uploads/5/0/0/9/50096105/blackbirds_and_budgerigars_-_norman_wallwork.pdf |access-date=28 November 2022 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128201642/http://www.sacramental.org.uk/uploads/5/0/0/9/50096105/blackbirds_and_budgerigars_-_norman_wallwork.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

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File:Cassock (Anglican Bishop).svg|Bishop
File:Cassock (Anglican Canon).svg|Canon <br /><small>(cassock colour may vary)</small>
File:Cassock (Anglican Priest).svg|Presbyter/Deacon/Layperson<br /><small>cassock colour may vary if worn<br /> by, for instance, a chorister</small>
</gallery>