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Commendation of the Dying
- In the Lutheran Churches, last rites are formally known as the Commendation of the Dying, in which the priest "opens in the name of the triune God, includes a prayer, a reading from one of the psalms, a litany of prayer for the one who is dying, [and] recites the Lord’s Prayer".
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Roman Catholics have seven: baptism, confirmation, confession, Lord's Supper, marriage, ordination, and last rites. For a number of reasons, Luther cut this list down to the two sacraments of...
In the Lutheran Churches, last rites are formally known as the Commendation of the Dying, in which the priest "opens in the name of the triune God, includes a prayer, a reading from one of the psalms, a litany of prayer for the one who is dying, [and] recites the Lord’s Prayer".
In most American Lutheran churches, an older Latin Rite custom is maintained in which the communicants kneel on cushions at the altar rail. In other Lutheran churches, the process is much like the Post- Vatican II revised rite of the Roman Catholic Church .
Feb 10, 2019 · When death is imminent, the person dying, and their loved ones, need the presence of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The one that comes to His people in the Divine Service also comes to them in the isolation of the deathbed. In the rite of Commendation, God uses His Word spoken through His instrument the pastor, to be present.
The predominant rite used by the Lutheran Churches is a Western one based on the Formula Missae ("Form of the Mass") although other Lutheran liturgies are also in use, such as those used in the Byzantine Rite Lutheran Churches, such as the Ukrainian Lutheran Church and Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia.
Oct 2, 2007 · The Reformation Church found the rite useful for two reasons: (1) It provided a means of instruction, and (2) it offered a setting for public confession of the faith. The Rite of Confirmation in Lutheran Worship and Lutheran Service Book begins with two quotations from Scripture. Why is Matt. 28:18b–20 read as part of the rite?
Nov 11, 2017 · And so when the 1526 revision was published, many of these rites were gone. Gone was the blowing under the eyelids, the salt, the spit, the anointing and even the baptismal candle. Several prayers were omitted. In general, the whole service was shortened. Previously Luther had left many of these ceremonies in because of “weak consciences ...
