Lutheran Worship
Our Lord speaks and we listen. His Word bestows what it says. Faith that is born from what is heard acknowledges the gifts received with eager thankfulness and praise. Music is drawn into this thankfulness and praise, enlarging and elevating the adoration of our gracious giver God.
In its hymnody, each age of the Church reflects what it returns to God for the great blessings it has received from Him. Some of the Church’s song is always derived from a previous era. The early Church developed its music from the psalmody of the synagogue, to which it added the hymns of the Roman and Greek converts. When the liturgy became the sole property of the clergy, there arose a need for hymns in the language of the people. Thus there came into being the great body of Latin hymns introduced and promoted by Bishop Ambrose of Milan and his followers. In time these again became the property of the clergy and the hierarchy. They were stolen from the lips of the faithful. The Lutheran Reformation once more restored the Church’s song to the people in their native tongue. From then on the Lutheran Church became known as the “singing Church.” The song of this Church has weathered and withstood such influences as pietism, rationalism, modernism, post-modernism, and universalism in one form or another. God’s gathered guests are singing still and will continue to sing even as we see the day of our Lord’s approaching. For Lutherans, this life of listening, receiving, thanking, and praising is expressed in the Divine Service. To see how the entirety of this service is drawn directly from the Word of God, click here – THE DIVINE SERVICE.
Some excerpts from Lutheran Worship
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