Order of Worship
Does anyone know of a good source for this history of orders of worship or comparative orders of worhip?
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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This is an amazing question and I think I've listened to a podcast where they talked about this. I'm going to dig through and see what I can find. And follow this thread to see what others post.
Thanks for this most excellent question!
Pastor, Mt. Leonard Baptist Church, SBC
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Here are some resources from my neck of the woods.
- The 'Very Pure Word of God': The Book of Common Prayer as a Model of Biblical Liturgy by Peter Adam
- Excellent little book which which examines how the BCP shapes worship within the Anglican tradition.
- Reformation Worship edited by Jonathan Gibson & Mark Earngey
- Lots of information, website also has a some of the tables found in its appendixes which outline various orders of worship.
- On the Divine Liturgy by St Germanus of Constantinople
- The introduction itself is very helpful, and the text itself had huge influence on the Byzantines
- The Oxford History of Christian Worship
- Lots of articles and resources to comb through.
- Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell
- See the content's page, but he spends some time looking at historical orders of worship among other things. See picture below.
Current MDiv student at Trinity Theological College - Perth, Western Australia
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Thanks - I'm looking specifically for the reformed tradition of orders of worship as opposed to a full liturgy. This will give me some solid starting points.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
Does anyone know of a good source for this history of orders of worship or comparative orders of worhip?
Hi MJ--you probably already have this resource but I'm just putting it out there:
https://www.logos.com/product/5774/the-complete-library-of-christian-worship
Not sure if it addresses your specific question in the detail you'd like, but it might be worth a search or two.
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MJ. Smith said:
Thanks - I'm looking specifically for the reformed tradition of orders of worship as opposed to a full liturgy. This will give me some solid starting points.
You might want to check out this book:
Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Past and Present
Some excerpts from the section titled "A Historical Survey" to whet your appetite:
"It might appear that all the components of liturgy had been covered: word, prayer, sacraments. The Calvinist Reformed paradigm for worship, however, included one more element, based on the teaching of Acts 2:42: 'They continued steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles and the fellowship and the breaking of the bread and the prayers.' That fourth element was fellowship, and those four aspects of worship together—preaching the word, fellowship, the Supper, and prayers—were regarded as necessary components of the right worship gathering, not a specific order of service."
"Calvin’s Genevan Service of the Word and Sacrament
(Order of 1562, with three psalms)
Liturgy of the Word
Psalm
Invocation
Confession of Sin
Psalm
Minister’s Extempore Prayer for Illumination-Sealing
Biblical Text and Sermon-Exposition
Liturgy of the Table
Confession of Faith (Apostles’ Creed)
Decalogue (sung)
Scripture (1 Cor. 11:23–29) and Exhortation
Distribution (men and then women file up in order, a lector reads aloud from the Gospel of John chap. 13 and following)
Thanksgiving
Song of Simeon
Benediction""Early-seventeenth-century Dutch and German Reformed immigrants arrived in America with orders of worship that were more recognizably related to sixteenth-century Reformed liturgies. Puritan ideas about worship, however, affected Reformed churches in the Netherlands and Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, through the Pietist movement. Later waves of Dutch and German immigrants, including pastors, brought with them worship practices consistent with this Pietist view. Because of changing practices in Europe, and under the influence of Congregationalists and Presbyterians in America, Dutch and German Reformed worship in the American colonies was also stripped over time of liturgical elements or fixed prayers, and focused on the reading of Scripture and preaching."
That whole "A Historical Survey" section is 280 pages and has lots of "For Further Reading" sections with good references.
Here's the Table of Contents of that "A Historical Survey" section:
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Also check this out:
https://www.amazon.com/Reformation-Worship-Liturgies-Past-Present/dp/1948130211
Just recommended on Feedbear by Maxim Farocanag:
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Rosie Perera said:
I picked this up a few days ago and am reading it. It is very much what I was looking for. It reminded me that I have a 55 year old copy of Liturgies of the Western Church by Bard Thompson stashed away somewhere. It is apparently still a primary resource, reprinted recently.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
It reminded me that I have a 55 year old copy of Liturgies of the Western Church by Bard Thompson stashed away somewhere. It is apparently still a primary resource, reprinted recently.
Looks like it's high time to get that into Logos. It's available in Kindle edition. I've just created a suggestion for it on the feedback board:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/liturgies-of-the-western-church
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MJ. Smith said:
It reminded me that I have a 55 year old copy of Liturgies of the Western Church by Bard Thompson stashed away somewhere. It is apparently still a primary resource, reprinted recently.
Looks like it's high time to get that into Logos. It's available in Kindle edition. I've just created a suggestion for it on the feedback board:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/liturgies-of-the-western-church
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https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/liturgies-of-the-western-church
This one is also helpful but according to me :
The order of worship can vary depending on the denomination, tradition, or community. However, a typical order of worship in a Christian church service might include the following elements:
- Prelude: music played before the service begins
- Call to worship: a statement or prayer that invites the congregation to focus on the worship service
- Hymn or song of praise: a congregational singing of a hymn or contemporary song
- Confession and forgiveness: an opportunity for the congregation to confess their sins and receive forgiveness
- Reading from scripture: a reading from the Bible
- Sermon or message: a talk or sermon given by the pastor or leader
- Hymn or song of response: another congregational singing of a hymn or contemporary song
- Offering: a time for the congregation to give financially to the church
- Prayer: a time for the congregation to pray and make requests
- Benediction: a final blessing or statement before the service ends.
It is worth mentioning that not all the elements are present in all denominations and also the order may change in different churches.
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Sean said:
Hi MJ--you probably already have this resource but I'm just putting it out there:
https://www.logos.com/product/5774/the-complete-library-of-christian-worship
I concur. Webber speaks of this subject from "within the camp"
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