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The Second Reformation in Brandenburg

As I, along with many others, continue to chip away at the Lutheran Missal Project, we spend a great deal of time with PDFs of liturgical books from the late fifteenth through the early seventeenth centuries. Spending a substantial amount of time in the missal or service book of any diocese is something like acquainting yourself with a pen pal. It isn’t nearly the same as being present, but you can gain both a sense of the scribe’s scrupulous (or lackadaisical) nature, as well as a sense of the priorities and peculiarities of each diocese or region.

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The Kingdom to Come

In our western rite, we’re used to the notion of proper prefaces. That is, the preface (the prayer of thanksgiving) prior to the singing of the Sanctus will lift up one or another aspect of our salvation to thank God for, changing with the progress of the Church’s year of grace.

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William Weedon Comment