Lutheran Book of Worship

Lutheran hymnal used in North America

Lutheran Book of Worship

1978 edition of the Lutheran Book of Worship

Commissioned by| Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship
Approved for| Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (officially withdrew)
Released| 1978
Publisher| Augsburg Fortress
Pages| 960
No. of Hymns| 569
Psalms| 150
Service music| Yes
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The Lutheran Hymnal | Lutheran Worship (LCMS)
With One Voice (ELCA) ->

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Hymnal Supplement 1991

Hymnal Supplement 1991

Released| 1991
Publisher| GIA Publications
No. of Hymns| 7 canticles and chants, 118 Hymns
Psalms| 13
Service music| Yes
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With One Voice

1995 edition of With One Voice

Approved for| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Released| 1995
Publisher| Augsburg Fortress
No. of Hymns| 207
Service music| Yes
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The Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) is a worship book and hymnal published in 1978 and was authorized for use by several Lutheran denominations in North America, including predecessors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod was initially involved in the hymnal's development but officially withdrew.

Additional hymns and service music are contained in the companions Hymnal Supplement 1991 and With One Voice (WOV). A successor was published in 2006 titled Evangelical Lutheran Worship, although Lutheran Book of Worship remains in use by some congregations.

The LBW is sometimes called the "green book", as opposed to With One Voice, which is bound in blue, or the older Service Book and Hymnal and The Lutheran Hymnal, which were bound in red.

## History

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When Lutheran churches were first established in North America, the immigrants from Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and other non-English-speaking countries retained services in their native languages. However, as the children and grandchildren of these immigrants began speaking English in their everyday lives and the various Lutheran denominations began uniting, many felt that the North American Lutheran churches needed a common English-language liturgy and hymns. Although the eighteenth-century missionary Henry Melchior Muhlenberg had hoped for the day when Lutherans would be "one church [with] one book", it was not until the 1888 "Common Service" that a majority of English-speaking Lutherans in North America began to use the same texts for worship, albeit with minor adaptations. (Senn, 584–591.) The "Common Liturgy" included in the 1958 Service Book and Hymnal was a major revision of the "Common Service", and introduced a Eucharistic Prayer into American Lutheran usage. Culto Cristiano, a 1964 service book, attempted to offer a unified liturgy for Spanish-speaking Lutherans.

The process leading to the publication of the LBW was started in 1965 when the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) invited other North American Lutheran denominations to join it to work on a common service book. Together with the LCMS, the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada formed the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship to undertake this project. The commission conducted its work through four sub-committees: Liturgical Text Committee, Liturgical Music Committee, Hymn Text Committee, Hymn Music Committee. The work of the committees was validated via provisional liturgical and hymn materials, questionnaires, conferences, and dialogs. The Rev. Dr. Eugene Brand was named project director for the development work and The Rev. Leonard Flachman was named publishers' representative and managing editor. The LBW was published in 1978. The LCMS pulled out of the ILCW just prior to the publication of the LBW, but having been a participant in the development of the materials its name appears on the title page. The LCMS published its own hymnal, Lutheran Worship (LW), in 1982. Although the LW liturgies are very similar to those in the LBW, there are differences which reflect differing theologies. For example, LW lacks the option for a Eucharistic Prayer.

The Lutheran Book of Worship has remained in service for more than forty years. There are a couple reasons for that longevity. The first is the careful, forward-looking, inclusive work of the ILCW and the four subcommittees. The second is the careful work done by the staff of Augsburg Publishing House in selecting and testing the materials with which the book was manufactured; the books did not wear out.[citation needed]

The first printing of the LBW was one million copies and required 19 semi-trailers to carry the book from the printer to 14 distribution points around the United States.

While it is in its twenty-seventh printing and widely used by the ELCA and the ELCIC, the LBW was replaced in October 2006 as the primary worship resource in the two denominations by Evangelical Lutheran Worship. The new book is intended to reflect the changing demographic of the church bodies and the subsequent changes in language and ritual practice.

## See also

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* List of English-language hymnals by denomination

## References

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* Lutheran Book of Worship. Augsburg Publishing House and Lutheran Church in America Publication Board. 1978. ISBN 0-8006-3330-X.
* With One Voice. Augsburg Fortress. 1995. ISBN 0-8066-0051-9.
* Senn, Frank C. (1997). Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical. Augsburg Fortress. ISBN 0-8006-2726-1.
* Van Loon, Ralph R., ed. (1998). Encountering God: The Legacy of Lutheran Book of Worship. Kirk House Publishers. ISBN 1-886513-15-5.
* Quere, Ralph W. (2003). In the Context of Unity: A History of the Development of Lutheran Book of Worship. Lutheran University Press. ISBN 1-932688-00-5.

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Order of the Divine Service in Lutheranism

Preparatory Service|

* Entrance hymn and Trinitarian formula (known as the Invocation)
* Penitential Act including the Confiteor and Declaration of Grace (or Asperges on Easter)

The Service of the Word|

* Introit
* Gloria Patri
* Kýrie
* Gloria
* Dominus vobiscum
* Oremus
* Collect
* Old Testament reading
* gradual (or Responsorial Psalm)
* Epistle
* Alleluia (tract during Lent)
* Gospel
* Hymn of the day
* Homily or Postil (Sermon)
* Nicene Creed (Athanasian Creed on Trinity Sunday)
* Offertory
* Prayers of the Faithful

The Service of the Eucharist|

* Preface (Sursum corda / Sanctus / Hosanna)
* Eucharistic Prayer (Epiclesis / Words of Institution / Memorial Acclamation)
* Lord's Prayer
* Sign of peace / pax (elevation)
* Agnus Dei
* Distribution
* Nunc dimittis
* Postcommunion
* Benedicamus Domino
* Benediction
* Dismissal
* Ite, missa est

Participants|

* Acolyte
* bishop
* cantor
* choir
* crucifer
* deacon
* elder
* laity
* lector
* Pastor (or Priest)
* usher

Parts of the Sanctuary|

* altar
* altar bell
* altar crucifix
* altar rail
* kneeler
* piscina
* processional cross
* tabernacle

Candles|

* altar candle
* paschal candle
* sanctuary lamp
* votive candle

Liturgical vessels|

* ciborium
* chalice
* cruet

Liturgical objects|

* collection basket
* holy water
* incense (use)
* paten
* sacramental bread (wafer)
* sacramental wine
* thurible

Vestments|

* alb
* chasuble
* dalmatic
* geneva gown
* humeral veil
* stole
* surplice
* tunicle

Liturgical books and hymnals|

* Christian Worship (1993)
* Christian Worship (2021)
* Common Service Book (1917)
* Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (1912)
* Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996)
* Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006)
* Lutheran Book of Worship (1978)
* The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
* Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement (1989)
* Lutheran Service Book (2006)
* Lutheran Worship (1982)
* ReClaim Hymnal (2006)
* Service Book and Hymnal (1958)

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Lutheran hymnody

English hymnals|

* Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (1912)
* Common Service Book (1917)
* The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
* Service Book and Hymnal (1958)
* Lutheran Book of Worship (1978)
* Lutheran Worship (1982)
* Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement (1989)
* Christian Worship (1993)
* Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996)
* Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006)
* Lutheran Service Book (2006)
* ReClaim Hymnal (2006)
* Christian Worship: Hymnal (2021)

German hymnals|

* First Lutheran hymnal (1524)
* Erfurt Enchiridion (1524)
* Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (1524)
* Praxis pietatis melica (1640/47)
* Becker Psalter (1602)
* Evangelisches Gesangbuch (1993)

In other languages|

| Danish|

* Den Danske Salmebog
* Guldberg's hymnal
* Kingo's hymnal
* Thomissøn's hymnal

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Faroese|

* Sálmabók Føroya kirkju

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Finnish|

* Siionin Virret
* Virsikirja

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Icelandic|

* Passion Hymns

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Norwegian|

* Nokre salmar (1869)
* Landstads kirkesalmebog (1870)
* Psalmebog for Kirke og Hus (1873)
* Landstads reviderte salmebok (1924)
* Nynorsk salmebok (1925)
* Salmer 1973
* Norsk Salmebok (1985)
* Salmer 1997
* Norsk salmebok 2013

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Spanish|

* Culto Cristiano

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Swedish|

* Swenske songer (1536)
* Een liten Songbook (in Swedish, 1553)
* Den svenska psalmboken (1695)
* Den svenska psalmboken (1819)
* Hemlandssånger (in Swedish, 1891)
* Den svenska psalmboken (1937)
* Den svenska psalmboken (1986)

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Hymnodists
and
hymnologists|

* Mikael Agricola
* Johann Georg Albinus
* Albert von Brandenburg
* Michael Altenburg
* Anna Sophia II
* Johann Sebastian Bach
* Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen
* Martin Behm
* Sigmund von Birken
* Carl Boberg
* Birgitte Cathrine Boye
* Hans Adolph Brorson
* Johan Nordahl Brun
* Joachim a Burck
* Dieterich Buxtehude
* Christian Cappelen
* Elisabeth Cruciger
* Johann Crüger
* Simon Dach
* Wolfgang Dachstein
* Nikolaus Decius
* Paul Eber
* Ludmilla Elisabeth
* Princess Eugénie
* Jacobus Finno
* Paul Fleming
* Johann Franck
* Michael Franck
* Melchior Franck
* Salomon Franck
* Frans Michael Franzén
* Erik Gustaf Geijer
* Paul Gerhardt
* Bartholomäus Gesius
* Johannes Gigas
* N. F. S. Grundtvig
* Britt G. Hallqvist
* Andreas Hammerschmidt
* Claus Harms
* Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg
* Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
* Johann Heermann
* Ludwig Helmbold
* Valerius Herberger
* Nikolaus Herman
* Johannes Hermann
* Sebald Heyden
* Anders Hovden
* Konrad Hubert
* Bernhard Severin Ingemann
* Justus Jonas
* Sigfrid Karg-Elert
* Christian Keymann
* Balthasar Kindermann
* Thomas Kingo
* Børre Knudsen
* Johann Kolross
* Johann Balthasar König
* Julius Krohn
* Magnus Brostrup Landstad
* Ludvig Mathias Lindeman
* Elias Lönnrot
* Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern
* Matthias Loy
* Sigurd Lunde
* Martin Luther
* Wilhelmi Malmivaara
* Hemminki of Masku
* Felix Mendelssohn
* Johann Matthäus Meyfart
* Georg Neumark
* Erdmann Neumeister
* Philipp Nicolai
* Johann Pachelbel
* Hallgrímur Pétursson
* Michael Praetorius
* Christian Heinrich Postel
* Adam Reusner
* Bartholomäus Ringwaldt
* Martin Rinkart
* Johann Rist
* Christian Knorr von Rosenroth
* Daniel Rumpius
* Johan Runeberg
* Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer
* Lina Sandell
* Carl Schalk
* Martin Schalling
* Heinrich Scheidemann
* Johann Hermann Schein
* Benjamin Schmolck
* Cyriakus Schneegass
* Johann Schop
* Johann Balthasar Schupp
* Heinrich Schütz
* Nikolaus Selnecker
* Eyvind Skeie
* Haquin Spegel
* Lazarus Spengler
* Paul Speratus
* Philipp Spitta
* Paul Stockmann
* Jesper Swedberg
* Jiří Třanovský
* Melchior Teschner
* N. Samuel of Tranquebar
* Zachris Topelius
* Leonard Typpö
* Jaroslav Vajda
* Gottfried Vopelius
* Philipp Wackernagel
* Johan Olof Wallin
* Johann Walter
* Michael Weiße
* Georg Weissel
* Olle Widestrand
* Carl David af Wirsén
* Catherine Winkworth
* Johannes Zahn

* Luther § Hymnodist
* Hymns by Luther
* Lutheran hymn
* In continental Europe
* Lutheran chorale
* Chorale setting
* Chorale cantata

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