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Martin Luther's Revision Of The Eucharistic Canon In The Formula Missae Of 1523, Frank C. Senn

Concordia Theological Monthly

Martin Luther was the most conservative of the Reformers when it came to the work of liturgical revision. This was nowhere more evident than in his first effort at revising the Mass for evangelical usage: the Formula missae et communionis of 1523. He retained the use of the Latin language along with the optional use of lights, incense, and vestments. On the whole, the Formula missae faithfully followed the traditional Western structure, sequence, and content of the Mass. It is characterized not by what Luther added to the traditional Mass, but by what he deleted.

Development Of Worship Skills, George W. Hoyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

A review of bibliographic material in the areas of liturgy and worship at once requires both a definition of terms and a selection of accents. A choice in the direction of liturgiology might appear to be more academically profound; but an accent on worship would probably be more theologically sound and probably more practical for most.

The Church Hymn And Its Way Into Music, William Mudde

Concordia Theological Monthly

When the thunderstorm of the Reformation appeared on the heaven of the life of the church, it looked as if it would destroy the harvest of European music. With its protest against the Mass as an opus operatum, the Reformation also opposed the artificial music that accompanied the Mass. As formulated in the Motu Proprio of Pius X, the music shrouded the Mass in beautiful garments of sanctity and Roman Catholic universality. What substitute did the Reformation offer? Surely not something that one could actually call "art," but rather sacred folksong. Tolerated only as an evil in the Roman Catholic …

Documentation: The Order For The Burial Of The Dead And Propers For A: Memorial Service With Holy Communion, Adalbert R. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Order for the Burial of the Dead

Propers For A: Memorial Service with Holy Communion

The Unity Of The Church And Her Worship, Walter E. Buszin

Concordia Theological Monthly

To possess a good understanding of the worship of the church one must possess as well an understanding of the doctrine of the church. Both, the church and her worship, are unique; each shares significant characteristics of the other. Both are creations of the Holy Spirit; both are spiritual in their very essence. The church can neither thrive nor exist without worship. Christian worship, on the other hand, is inconceivable without the church. The church is not only the locus operandi of all true Christian worship; it is also the agency of the Holy Spirit and as such prompts the …

Preludes To Praise-Devotional Reflections, Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Concordia Theological Monthly

There are three anonymous hymns in our rite which, though they arc not of divine inspiration, have received a place in the worship of the church all but totally on a par with the psalms and canticles that can unquestionably claim God as their divine Author.

Worship Music In A Synthetic Culture, H. Grady Davis

Concordia Theological Monthly

You asked me to speak to you on some subject of my own choosing within the area of worship and culture. I have chosen the announced topic because I am deeply concerned about it not so much as a musician but primarily as a man of the church. I think there are aspects of this subject which are of vital concern to the whole church, all of us together, and I know no place in the United States of America where I think the kind of questions I want to raise today will get a fairer and more intelligent bearing …

The Hymn Of The Week Plan, Ralph D. Gehrke

Concordia Theological Monthly

A recent development in the field of church music has been the appearance, or better, the reappearance, of the hymn-of-the-week plan, that is, the plan whereby each Sunday or festival has its own particular hymn. Such a hymn is sometimes called the de tempore hymn, that is, a hymn that fits the time, the general season and the specific day of the church year. Such a hymn is also sometimes called the Gradual hymn because the historic place for the chief hymn in the service is between Epistle and Gospel where the Gradual is sung. And such a hymn may …

Theology And Church Music As Bearers And Interpreters Of The Verbum Dei, Walter B. Buszin

Concordia Theological Monthly

In the very first issue of Musik und Kirche, published in January/February 1930, Christhard Mahrenholz stated in his foreword that no age or generation can afford simply to take for granted that a relationship exists between the church and her music. Mahrenholz emphasized at the time that the very nature of the problems involved demands that each generation study this question anew.

The Sixteenth-Century "Confessyon Of The Fayth Of The Germaynes" In Twentieth-Century American English, Herbert J. Bouman

Concordia Theological Monthly

The same year in which Martin Bucer and his associates met with Martin Luther and his co-workers to establish agreement, at least for the moment, between the two groups of Evangelicals in the Wittenberg Concord, the rediscovered Gospel, which these men loved and proclaimed so well, was brought to another country. Just six years after Augsburg, a mere five after the Editio Princeps of the Augsburg Confession and the Apology, a book came off the press in England with the following imprint on the title page: "The confessyon of the fayth of the Germaynes exhibited to the most victorious Emperour …

The Liturgical Movement: An Appraisal, Harry W. Reimann

Concordia Theological Monthly

This paper is an attempt to call attention to some of the observable blessings of the liturgical movement among Lutherans as well as to point to what are some of the observable dangers. There is no attempt to document these observations, and therefore the study will remain a quite personal appraisal and potpourri of convictions and suggestions.

The Hymn And The Liturgy, Harold W. Scheibert

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Lutheran Church is a liturgical church. It is in the mainstream of Western Christianity and uses a clearly defined form of the Western Liturgy. The Lutheran Church is also a singing church. Born with it in the 16th century were hymns that are still favorites of Christians everywhere. Lutherans have always used their hymns in their public liturgical worship. They still do so today. There must therefore be a relationship between the hymn and the liturgy. The hymns ought to have the same goal as the liturgy and the liturgy as the hymns. Specifically the hymns used with the …

The Sermon And The Propers, Fred H. Lindemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Christmas, that is the Mass of Christ's Day, is the only feast of the year for which our rite appoints two services and provides two sets of Propers. The set of Propers for the Early Service has been spoken of as historic, the set for the later Service as dogmatic. Whether we find it convenient or not, the fact remains that both sets are appointed for The Communion. In many churches the Holy Sacrament is celebrated only in one or the other, though the respective Propers are used in each service. Some churches have eliminated the Holy Communion entirely on …

The German Hymn In English Translation, Walter G. Tillmanns

Concordia Theological Monthly

The German hymn is one of the most precious treasures of the Lutheran Church. Ever since 1523, when Martin Luther and his co-workers began to write "German Psalms" for the congregation, the hymn and spiritual song has taken its place in the congregational life; next to the preaching of the Word and the teaching of the Catechism, there is nothing so dear to the Lutheran as the rich heritage of the "singing church."

The History Of The Epiphany Season And The Propers Of The Feast Of Epiphany, John H. Tietjen

Concordia Theological Monthly

Like all the liturgy of the Church, the Epiphany season of the church year is the product of history and of centuries of growth and development. Just as it is impossible fully to understand the theology of an era without an understanding of the theology of the preceding eras, so it is impossible fully to understand the meaning of the Epiphany season in the present without an understanding of the past history of that season.

Leiturgia-An Opus Magnum In The Making, Walter E. Buszin

Concordia Theological Monthly

The liturgical revival which is wending its way through the churches of Christendom today has made its influence felt also within the Lutheran Church. This movement is not chiefly a seeking after forms and ceremonies, nor is it merely a reaction against irreverent and amorphous worship practices. While excesses are to be noted within the movement, it is hardly just and fair to regard these as inevitable and essential earmarks of this liturgical revival, since revivals and movements in areas other than the liturgical likewise suffer because of the intemperate endeavors of a zealotistic minority.

The Common Service Adapted According To Rsv Principles, Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Concordia Theological Monthly

Here with a committee of last semester's culture-hour group, ''Twentieth Century Worship," seeks to demonstrate in an actual worship experience the problems that the introduction of the Revised Standard Version in the worship of the Church would bring with it. It involves more than substituting a different text for the Epistle and the Holy Gospel. The Lutheran rite is thoroughly Biblical. A modification of the vernacular Biblical basis requires a thoroughgoing revision of the whole service, ordinary and propers, collects and creed as well as lessons and psalmody. This service represents an attempt at such a revision.

The Order Of Matins, Timothy Strelow

Concordia Theological Monthly

The corporate worship of the Christian Church has always been associated with certain forms. The spirit of worship, of communion with God, in all ages has expressed itself in the use of various forms and orders of worship. It is, however, a fact that there are many who use these forms of worship with a great lack of appreciation or understanding. Often the so-called minor forms of worship are rejected. This negative attitude toward forms of worship may quite frequently be due to the gross mutilation of the pure forms. A negative attitude toward Matins may also be due to …

Hymns For Thomasius Epistles, Adalbert Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Thomasius Epistles make a most interesting series to supplement the old Hieronymic series. The following "Hymns and Sermon Texts" was prepared for the use of the teachers, choirmasters, and organists at the Church of St. Luke in Chicago. The teachers are in this way enabled to practice the hymns and do preliminary and introductory work on the sermon text in the classrooms. Choirmasters can match their music with the sermon texts and hymns. The organist has an opportunity to select preludes, voluntaries, postludes, etc., in the most efficient and proper manner. The entire program worked out in this way …

The Relation Of The Liturgy To The Word, H. Richard Klann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The essential aim of this investigation is not merely the historical delineation of liturgical practices, nor the consideration of liturgical minutiae in their historical setting and development, nor the establishment of a theological basis against liturgical innovations, but rather to state the Lutheran principles by which a pastor will be able to judge the relation of the liturgy to the proclamation of the Word in the worship of a congregation.

Liturgical Developments In Europe, Walter F. Buszin

Concordia Theological Monthly

Despite the many serious impediments imposed by destructive warfare and total defeat, the Germans have published perhaps more liturgical literature during the past few postwar years than the people of any other nation. This is significant already because it indicates clearly that they do not regard liturgics as an area which is rather nonessential in character. The ravages and dispossessions of war and defeat drive man to the stark realities and basic needs of life and existence. In days of scarcity and want, man craves not dessert and luxury; on the contrary, he is then perfectly satisfied and altogether happy …

Rome And The Lutheran Liturgy, Irvin Arkin

Concordia Theological Monthly

The fundamental reason why this topic was chosen by the author is a rather deep-rooted curiosity of many Lutheran liturgiologists concerning Rome's views and reasons to Lutheran liturgics in general and the Lutheran Liturgical Movement in particular. This curiosity is whetted and agitated by the liturgical movement which is taking place presently in the Roman Church under the influence of the German Benedictines and the Austrian Augustinians. Such names as Ellard, Reinhold, and Hellriegel immediately bring to mind the vast task these men are undertaking in America to restore meaning to the liturgy for the Roman laity.

The Genius Of Lutheran Corporate Worship, Walter E. Buszin

Concordia Theological Monthly

In her services of corporate worship the Christian Church presents the eternal verities of God's holy and infallible Word, exhorts to high regard for Christian doctrine and to the application of Biblical teaching, receives the benefits of the blessed Sacraments, and enjoys a fellowship which has its roots in the very Gospel of Christ Jesus. Bearing in mind the character of these momentous objectives of ecclesiastical worship and taking into consideration, too, the words of warning expressed in Holy Writ itself (Eccl. 5: 1), the devout and intelligent Christian attaches to his corporate worship activities thoughts of sancity and consecration, …

The Integration Of The Lutheran Service Of Worship, Walter E. Buzin

Concordia Theological Monthly

Among the many activities and developments which engage the attention of the Lutheran Church today the liturgical are by no means the most insignificant. Liturgical principles and practices, policies and activities, have been a matter of great concern to the Lutheran Church throughout the four centuries of her existence, and the various modes and procedures adopted within the Church in dealing with these problems often portray to us most vividly why we at times refer to the Bride of Christ as the Church Militant. It is quite likely that the Church always will be confronted and at times even be …

Our New Altar Service Books, W. G. Polack

Concordia Theological Monthly

After a long delay caused chiefly by the wartime paper shortage which prevented our Publishing House from obtaining suitable paper, our new altar service books are finally coming off the presses. As previously announced, the material in the old Liturgy and Agenda, together with new items, has been divided to make two volumes. In addition, a third volume, the Lectionary, will contain the standard pericopal lessons. the Psalms, and the Passion Story. The fourth volume, containing the music for the liturgy, has been ready for some time.

A Suggestion For A Lutheran Compline Service, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

At the risk of appearing to introduce what might at first blush seem to be an irrelevant thought, we feel constrained to refer once more to some of the doctrinal considerations which must ever be paramount in our attitude toward liturgical questions and liturgical problems.

The Church And Social Problems, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

These brief remarks are intended to introduce a series of articles dealing with the topic mentioned in the caption, articles which, God willing, will appear in this journal during 1940. While we should feel extremely sorry if our Church and its ministers, instead of studying and preaching the Word of God, should devote themselves to the debating of sociological questions, we cannot ignore the situation which confronts us, realizing that on every side these matters are made the subject of religious discussion and that our Christians are vitally affected by them. Our church members are looking to the clergy for …

The Institutional Missionary And The Divine Service, E. A. Duemling

Concordia Theological Monthly

The institutional missionary is engaged in a special mission endeavor, which is not only very difficult but also requires much experience and training. He deals chiefly with people confined in public institutions, the afflicted, sick, dependent, and the unfortunates, trying to win them for Christ. He is not only a missionary- preacher but also a pastor and spiritual adviser.

On Liturgical Uniformity, R. R. Caemmerer

Concordia Theological Monthly

It is a good thing to have liturgical uniformity. There is something of confessional value in a uniform liturgy. Also away from home the worshiper feels himself spiritually akin to his brethren of the faith where liturgy is familiar. In fact, if that liturgy preserves the traditional forms, he will feel himself akin to the Church of the past and will grow in appreciation of the Church Universal. Conversely, a lack of uniformity in liturgical forms is a cause of bewilderment in worship and a testimonial to a lack of that brotherly consideration which will lead units of the Church, …

What Can Synod Do In Order That There Be More Uniformity In The Externals Of Our Public Services?, F. J. Seltz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Not only has the lack of uniformity been lamented for the past fifty years, especially since the majority of our congregations have regular English services, but of late, through the revival of the study of liturgies in every section of the Christian Church, there have appeared definite symptoms which seem to indicate that just when we were about to be led out of the wilderness of liturgical confusion, we are to be led back into a new liturgical chaos.