Protestant Worship Of The Reformation Era
In these four entries, we find how the Reformation's break with the Roman Catholic church was expressed in the work of various synods, particularly in new documents and confessions. But nowhere was it more clearly visible to the ordinary Christian than in worship itself. Protestants conducted worship in the vernacular and in forms that were distinctly different from those of the Roman church. Perhaps the most powerful expression of this difference was in the emphasis on the Word of God read and expounded.…
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Chapters & Articles in Protestant Worship Of The Reformation Era (4)
Luther's liturgical reform was guided by the principle that if the Scriptures did not expressly reject a particular…
Calvin argued that only practices explicitly taught in Scripture could be used in worship. For this reason, churche…
Anglican worship has a variegated history, having fluctuated between worship forms similar to those of Catholicism …
Anabaptists argued for a pure church and a radical discipleship in absolute obedience to Scripture. They refused to…