“Style is not a thing of mere ornament. Style is the glitter and polish of a warrior’s sword, but is also its keen edge” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 322).
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Yet some pastors praise their styleless liturgies. “Look at us! — you won’t catch us with candles, special music, written prayers, kneeling, … no sir. Let the Catholics have all those ornaments. We go naked.”
Eric, none of the things you mentioned are part of the rhetorical canon of style which is what the quote Doug posted was referring to. In the study of rhetoric, style is figures of speech and tropes that are used to ornament language.