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Protestant Worship Of The Reformation Era

Contributor / Topic: History of Christian Worship
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

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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