Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 26: Martin Luther: a. Formula Missae 1523 and b. Deutsche Messe 1526." (pp. 189-199). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
After relatively brief statements concerning the eucharist in the 1520 Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther provided a more thorough articulation of the situation in 1523 with his Formula Missae et Communionis (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 189). This work called for continuity with traditional forms but a forceful attempt to remove accretions which he viewed as inappropriate.
In his Formula Missae, the offertory was removed, the eucharistic prayer was shorter than in the Roman practice, and the preface and institution were chanted audibly (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 189). Communion was celebrated in both kinds. Rather than language of sacrifice, the attention was drawn to the institution narrative (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 190).
After 1523, others designed mass rites of their own, a practice which Luther found objectionable. In response, he produced the Deutsche Messe in 1526, "intended as a rite for 'unlearned lay folk' with both German words and German music" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 190). This rite includes a version of the Lord's prayer where the Sursum corda had been.
After 1526, liturgies fell into two general camps, "The Brandenburg- Nürnberg family following the more conservative Formula Missae and the Bugenhagen family following Deutsche Messe" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, pp. 190-191).
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 191), Jasper and Cuming provide an English translation of the eucharistic materials.
3/26/26
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 26: Martin Luther: a. Formula Missae 1523 and b. Deutsche Messe 1526." (pp. 189-199). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
After relatively brief statements concerning the eucharist in the 1520 Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther provided a more thorough articulation of the situation in 1523 with his Formula Missae et Communionis (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 189). This work called for continuity with traditional forms but a forceful attempt to remove accretions which he viewed as inappropriate.
In his Formula Missae, the offertory was removed, the eucharistic prayer was shorter than in the Roman practice, and the preface and institution were chanted audibly (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 189). Communion was celebrated in both kinds. Rather than language of sacrifice, the attention was drawn to the institution narrative (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 190).
After 1523, others designed mass rites of their own, a practice which Luther found objectionable. In response, he produced the Deutsche Messe in 1526, "intended as a rite for 'unlearned lay folk' with both German words and German music" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 190). This rite includes a version of the Lord's prayer where the Sursum corda had been.
After 1526, liturgies fell into two general camps, "The Brandenburg- Nürnberg family following the more conservative Formula Missae and the Bugenhagen family following Deutsche Messe" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, pp. 190-191).
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 191), Jasper and Cuming provide an English translation of the eucharistic materials.
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