# First Hevetic Confession
Article 24 - The Sacred Assembly
But we consider that sacred assemblies should be conducted in such a way that above all, the Word of God is daily proclaimed to the public, that the Scriptures are daily brought out by suitable ministers and read out, that the faith of the pious should be exercised from time to time in celebrating the holy Eucharist, and that prayer for the needs of all should be constantly insisted on.

But the rest of the useless and innumerable vagaries of ceremonies, vessels, veils, clothes, candles, altars, gold, and silver, inasmuch as they serve to pervert religion, especially idols and images (which are profane and scandalous for worship), and all such profane things, let us keep far away from our sacred house.

[Exodus 20](/get-passage/Exodus+20); [Isaiah 40](/get-passage/Isaiah+40); [Acts 2](/get-passage/Acts+2); [1 Corinthians 14](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+14); [1 Timothy 2](/get-passage/1+Timothy+2); [1 Peter 4](/get-passage/1+Peter+4); [1 John 5](/get-passage/1+John+5).