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Worship in the Lutheran Church
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Luther’s Reforms to Worship
Lasting Effects
• Return Communion to the basics
• Worship in common language
• Retain the historic Western Rite
• Balance liberty and license
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Pietism’s effect on Worship
Lasting Impressions:• House church replaces
corporate worship
• Emotional, not objective
• Means of grace devalued
• Historical patterns replaced by emotion
• Ex corde prayers
• Hymnody discarded
• Liturgy neither understood nor used
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Rationalism’s effect on Worship
Lasting Impressions
• Repetition breeds monotony
• Preaching services replace Matens and Vespers
• Infrequent communion
• Word and Sacrament separated in the service
• Communion orders simplified and shortened
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Revivalism’s effect on Worship
Revival Service
• Emotional songs
• Fiery sermon
• Altar call
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Major Tenets of Romanticism
• Out of the English Industrial Revolution
• Glorification of the past
• Promote individual piety and social morality
• Emotionalism is the driving force
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Three Significant Events
• Formation of the Western Rite
• Luther’s Revision of the Mass
• Influence of Revivalism on Lutheran Worship
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Questions left over…
• Confession and Absolution
• Unaccompanied singing
• Baptism
• Nunc Dimittis
• Crucifix v. Cross
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The Common Service (1888 in America)
Introit
Kyrie
Gloria
Collect
Epistle
Alleluia
Gospel
Creed
Sermon
General Prayer
• Preface
• Sanctus and Hosanna
• Exhortation to Communicants (eventually dropped)
• Lord’s Prayer and Words of Institution (or vice versa)
• Agnus Dei
• Distribution
• Collect of Thanksgiving
• Benediction
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WELS: Synodical Conference Era
WELS
• South German Missionary Societies
• Pietist influence
• Gather German Lutherans
• Rural base
• minimally liturgical
LCMS
• North German Theological Seminaries
• Confessional influence
• Establish Lutheranism in America
• Urban base
• Historic liturgical worship
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WELS: Synodical Conference Era
“Be it resolved that our congregation, founded on the ground of the apostles and prophets, whereon Jesus is the cornerstone, makes confession of the Augsburg confession and Luther’s Small Catechism. However, never may or shall a preacher of the said congregation use the Rite of the Old Lutheran Church, whether in Baptism or the Lord’s Supper.”
• Charter at Grace Lutheran, Milwaukee
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WELS: The Lutheran Hymnal
Significant Additions
• The Common Service
• Lutheran Hymnody
• Uniformity with the Synodical Conference
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WELS: Christian Worship + Supplement
Significant Additions
• Expanded hymnody
• Sung Psalms
• Additional orders of service
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Symbolism in worship
• Altars
• Pastor location
• Stand-sit-kneel
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New symbolism
Processional Cross and Candles
• Symbolic of Christ
• Entry: Christ is the only reason we have for worship
• Exit: we follow our Savior into the world as we live our Christian lives
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Worship in the Lutheran Church