Concordia Theological Monthly
Publication Date
3-1-1973
Document Type
Article
Keywords
luther's deutsche mass, eucharistic, piety, bouyer, canon, german, lutheran, missae, reformers, communion
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Martin Luther was the most conservative of the Reformers when it came to the work of liturgical revision. This was nowhere more evident than in his first effort at revising the Mass for evangelical usage: the Formula missae et communionis of 1523. He retained the use of the Latin language along with the optional use of lights, incense, and vestments. On the whole, the Formula missae faithfully followed the traditional Western structure, sequence, and content of the Mass. It is characterized not by what Luther added to the traditional Mass, but by what he deleted.
Disciplines
Liturgy and Worship
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Senn, Frank C.
(1973)
"Martin Luther's Revision of the Eucharistic Canon in the Formula Missae of 1523,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 44, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol44/iss1/10
