The Holy-Day List

Directory for the Publick Worship of God
AN APPENDIX, Touching Days and Places for Publick Worship.
THERE is no day commanded in scripture to be kept holy under the gospel but the Lord’s day, which is the Christian Sabbath.
Festival days, vulgarly called Holy-days, having no warrant in the word of God, are not to be continued.

Westminster Confession of Faith
I. Of the Holy Scripture
VI. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men.a Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word;b and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.c
a. Gal 1:8-9; 2 Thes 2:2; 2 Tim 3:15-17. • b. John 6:45; 1 Cor 2:9-12. • c. 1 Cor 11:13-14; 14:26, 40.

XXI. Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
I. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is good, and doeth good unto all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served with all the heart, and with all the soul, and with all the might.a But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by himself, and so limited to his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representations or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scripture.b
a. Josh 24:14; Psa 18:3; 31:23; 62:8; 119:68; Jer 10:7; Mark 12:33; Acts 17:24; Rom 1:20; 10:12. • b. Exod 20:4-6; Deut 4:15-20; 12:32; Mat 4:9-10; 15:9; Acts 17:25; Col 2:23.

Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 50. What is required in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word.

Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42.

Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word.

Deut. 4:15-19; Ex. 32:5, 8; Deut. 12:31-32.

4 REASONS FOR NOT OBSERVING ECCLESIASTICAL HOLIDAYS
https://discipleshipphilippines.org/bannerman-on-holidays/

ALL SAINTS’ AND ALL SOULS’
https://discipleshipphilippines.org/all-saints-and-all-souls/

Presbyterians Do Not Celebrate Holy-days.
by SAMUEL MILLER
https://www.covenanter.org/reformed/2017/1/3/presbyterians-do-not-celebrate-holy-days

8 Reasons Christian Holidays Should Not Be Observed
https://purelypresbyterian.com/2016/11/03/8-reasons-holidays-should-not-be-observed/

The Religious Observance of Christmas and ‘Holy Days’ in American Presbyterianism
By Chris Coldwell
https://www.naphtali.com/articles/chris-coldwell/the-religious-observance-of-christmas-and-holy-days-in-american-presbyterianism/
UPDATED: https://www.cpjournal.com/articles-2/articles/american-presbyterianism-and-the-religious-observance-of-christmas/

Why We Don't Observe Holy Days
Pastor Andrew Webb
https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?seriesOnly=true&currSection=sermonstopic&sourceid=providencepca&keyword=Why%20We%20Don%27t%20Observe%20Holy%20Days&keyworddesc=Why%20We%20Don%27t%20Observe%20Holy%20Days