Category: Lutheran Liturgy
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Martin Luther on Eucharist and Fellowship
Here your heart must go out in love and learn that this is a sacrament of love.
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Martin Luther on Immersion Baptism
We should therefore do justice to its significance and make baptism a true and complete sign…
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Martin Luther on Renaissance Choral Polyphony
“Those who are not moved by this deserve to hear some dunghill poet or the music of swine.”
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Baby-Hymn-Singing
Infants accustomed to such singing are much quieter at their baptism – they already know the sound of singing voices and the pipe organ in the church space. As the babies become little children, during liturgies they want to run closer to the organ.
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Wedding Liturgy Inclusive of Same Sex Couples Approved by Church of Norway
The general synod at the Evangelical-Lutheran church in Trondheim approved a new liturgy of marriage inclusive of same-sex couples.
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Text: Joint Declaration for the 500th anniversary of Reformation
Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Yunan, president of the Lutheran World Federation, signed the Joint Declaration at the Lutheran Cathedral of Lund, Sweden today.
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Live Broadcast: Pope in Sweden
Here’s the video of the service that took place today in the Lutheran Cathedral in Lund.
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Lund and the Quest for Christian Unity
Jesus Christ, Lord of the church, send your Holy Spirit! Illumine our hearts and heal our memories…
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A Joint Catholic-Lutheran ‘Common Prayer’ for 500 years of Reformation
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) have invited Lutheran churches and Catholic bishops’ conferences across the world to make use of a jointly-developed Common Prayer to prepare commemorations for the 500 years of the Reformation in 2017.