Lutheran Worship

Collection of Lutheran hymns

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Lutheran Worship

1982 edition of Lutheran Worship

Commissioned by| The Commission on Worship of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Approved for| Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church - Canada
Released| 1982
Publisher| Concordia Publishing House
Pages| 1,005
No. of Hymns| 11 canticles and chants, 509 hymns
Psalms| Yes
Service music| Yes
| ← Lutheran Book of Worship
The Lutheran Hymnal | Hymnal Supplement 98 →

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Hymnal Supplement 98

Hymnal Supplement 98

Commissioned by| The Commission on Worship of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Approved for| Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Released| 1998
Publisher| Concordia Publishing House
Pages| 192
No. of Hymns| 113
Psalms| Yes
Service music| Yes
| ← Lutheran Worship | Lutheran Service Book →

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Lutheran Worship (LW) is one of the official hymnals of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). Published in 1982 by Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis, Missouri, it is the denomination's third English-language hymnal and was intended to replace The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH). Additional hymns and service music are contained in the companion, Hymnal Supplement 98.

Dissatisfaction with various revisions has led numerous congregations to continue using the previous hymnal, and according to a 1999 LCMS Commission on Worship survey, The Lutheran Hymnal was still used by 36% of churches in the Synod as their primary hymnal. The publication of another new hymnal, Lutheran Service Book in 2006, has restored many of the former hymnal's features in the hope that more widespread use can be achieved. A supplement, With One Voice (WOV), contains additional hymns and service music.

## History

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Lutheran Worship is, essentially, a revision of the green-covered Lutheran Book of Worship of 1978 that was the common liturgical book and hymnal of the old Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church, and Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, which later merged in 1988 to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The LCMS began work on the LBW in 1965 as a revision of TLH of 1941 and the other Lutheran churches' book, the Service Book and Hymnal (SBH) of 1958 and invited other Lutheran denominations in North America to participate in the creation of the hymnal. Due to disagreements and compromise with some of the other denominations involved in the project, however, the LBW was published in 1978 without the endorsement of the very church body which initiated its production, when more conservative leaders assumed leadership after 1974 amidst a theological controversy and schism. Following the rejection of the LBW, the LCMS quickly set about revising the new hymnal to remove the objectionable content, and LW was published in 1982. Lutheran Worship includes orders for Holy Communion entitled Divine Service I (a revised and updated version of the old The Common Service liturgy of 1888, which influenced the further development of American Lutheran liturgies and was incorporated in The Common Service Book of 1917, adopted by the old United Lutheran Church in America, a predecessor of the LCA to 1962), Divine Service II (two settings, very similar to liturgies included in the LBW), and Divine Service III (a brief outline of a service based on Martin Luther's German Mass). It also includes orders for Matins, Vespers, and Compline, as well as services for Holy Baptism and Confirmation. There is also Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, the Bidding Prayer, the Litany, the Lectionary, Luther's Small Catechism, Confession (Individual and Corporate), and a collection of Psalms. The bulk of the hymnal consists of 11 canticles and chants, 491 hymns, and 18 spiritual songs.

Despite the revisions undertaken by the LCMS, many members and congregations still rejected LW due to what many viewed as unnecessary and awkward modifications in language to well-known materials. Objections centered on the modifications made to Divine Service I and a number of well-known hymns. Following the precedent set by the LBW and the common trend around North American Christianity at the time, archaic language was widely updated, resulting in worshipers frequently stumbling over hymn verses and passages that had been familiar to them for many years. Examples of hymns that were significantly altered in the new hymnal include "My Faith Looks Up to Thee", "I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus", and "We Give Thee But Thine Own", all of which are well-known and familiar hymns among Lutherans but were heavily modified in LW ("My Faith Looks Up to Thee" is perhaps the most notorious example of all, as its first line was changed to "My Faith Looks Trustingly"). Additionally, many familiar hymns were set to new melodies that proved unpopular. Examples include "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty", "The Day of Resurrection", and "God Loved the World So That He Gave". In many ways, LW proved to be a major contributor to the controversies that tore at the LCMS in the later part of the twentieth century, as the synod suddenly found itself lacking unity even in the hymnal used in its congregations. By 1999, only 58% of the synod was using LW as its primary hymnal, with the majority of the remaining congregations retaining TLH and a handful of others using LBW or other hymnals such as SBH.

Lutheran Worship is commonly referred to as the "Blue hymnal," because of its bound cover in contrast with TLH (or the SBH of 1958) - the "Red hymnal". The one notable exception to "Lutheran Worship" being blue is in the case of Concordia Lutheran Church in San Antonio, TX, whose founding pastor, the Reverend Doctor Guido Merkens, insisted at a synodical meeting that he wanted green covers. Not wanting to ruffle the feathers of the man who at that time had the fastest-growing LCMS church in the nation, a popular syndicated TV show known as "Breakthrough," and a "Television Sunday School" with a wide audience, the Synod and publishers relented, and hundreds of "Lutheran Worship" hymnals were produced in a dark green color to match the color scheme of Dr. Merkens' church. A new hymnal published in 2006, Lutheran Service Book, is intended to replace both LW and TLH as the common hymnal of the LCMS. Concordia Publishing House has announced that all LW-related supplemental materials, including specialized accompaniment and large-print editions and the agenda, will go out of print when current supplies are depleted, although the pew edition will continue to be produced for the foreseeable future. LW remains an official hymnal of the LCMS, and it is unlikely that it will ever be formally decommissioned.

## See also

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* List of English-language hymnals by denomination

## References

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* Lutheran Worship published by Concordia Publishing House ISBN 0-570-03983-5

## External links

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* Database of Lutheran Hymns, shows which hymn is in which hymnal

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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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