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Gottesdienst is the journal of Lutheran liturgy. We seek to be faithful to the Biblical tradition of the confessional and historic Lutheran faith.
In This Issue
On the Centrality of the Blessed Sacrament – Burnell F. Eckardt Jr.
Toward a More Deliberate Preparation – David H. Petersen
Why Rubrics? (Continued) – Mark P. Braden
Extraordinary Essay: On the Order of Creation – Jesse S. Schlie
Why Did You Steal My Gods? – Karl F. Fabrizius
Oracular Aphorisms of Fritz the Penguin
On The GottesBlog
Is the Bishop now the source of the Office? Is it so that the Office is a bishop's office, the Bishop has the entire Office and gives deacons and priests a different share of his Office?
That is what I have always believed. About this I have always been convinced. The strange thing is that I never thought that it is called, even in the best Catholic terminology, the PRIEST office, not the BISHOP office. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I believe that it is due to inadequate teaching during the preparation for the Office. Such things were never spoken of. That was not done in Germany at the time, and therefore it should not be done in Sweden.
The form and adornment of the Liturgy have developed in various ways throughout the Church's history, but its basic integrity must always be guarded and maintained. That is to say, the preaching of the Holy Scriptures of the Prophets and Apostles as fulfilled in Christ Jesus, and the administration of His Holy Supper with His Word in accordance with His institution, are ever and always to be the central, controlling, decisive, and definitive factors.
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These guys argue that there are apparently liturgical Lutherans who find their righteousness not in Christ, but rather in their own decision to use traditional, liturgical worship and hymnody.