Calvin: The Form Of Church Prayers, Strassburg Liturgy (1545) Part I

Although there is considerable diversity within the Reformed community, it is fair to say that the ideas of John Calvin strongly influenced Reformed worship practice. Calvin's Strassburg Liturgy is presented below. Introduction Definition of Calvinist. It is often assumed that "Calvinist" and "Reformed" are synonymous, but in fact the Reformed tradition includes considerable diversity. The most important streams within the Reformed family of churches are usually called Zwinglian and Calvinist, for the two most outstanding leaders, Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich and John Calvin in Geneva. One of the critical issues in the sixteenth century was who could share in the Lord's Supper together; Zwinglians and Calvinists agreed upon intercommunion in 1549, but there continued to be a variety of theological and practical differences within this family of Reformed churches, particularly in ecclesiology and the liturgy. Calvinist Worship and Liturgy in Context. Although their descendants have som…