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Mass (liturgy)

Hm, it is a little Roman-centred, I will admit... but many of the Mass liturgies are retained in the Lutheran Mass, for example, this is retained practically verbatim:

Priest: "The Lord be with you."
Congregation: "And also with you."
Priest:"Lift up your hearts."
Congregation: "We lift them up to the Lord."
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God."
Congregation:"It is right to give Him thanks and praise."

Simply putting this in the Eucharist article would not be comprehensive enough to demonstrate the genuine similarity and specific differences in Lutheran practices, since the Lutheran Mass liturgy is not limited to simply the Eucharistic liturgies. Perhaps it warrants a section describing the differences from the Roman practice in the cases where the Mass is retained...

In fact, we actually retain most of the content: the Collect, Old Testament reading, Introit and Gradual (Responsal Psalms), Epistle reading, Gospel reading, Nicene/Apostolic Creed recitation, Dominus vobiscum (Lord be with you...), "This is the Word of the Lord" after the readings... &c.

--EmperorBMA|話す 17:41, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

I would not be opposed to a Lutheran Mass or Lutheran Liturgy article, but I am unsure about the policy... the admins may not consider it a worthwhile duplication of information. Personally, I don't know who is responsible for these particular articles, but I think there is a Wikiproject for this but they are believed to be inactive. Personally I think Mass (liturgy) should be a disambiguation page around the form of:

Mass is a ritual in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and some forms of Protestantism such as Anglican or Lutheran.

Roman Catholic:
*[[Latin Mass]] (old article)
*[[Tridentine Mass]]
*[[Novus Ordo Missae]]

Eastern Orthodox:
*[[Eastern Orthodox Mass]]

Lutheranism:
*[[Lutheran Order of Service]]

Anglicanism:
*[[Anglican Mass]]

{{disam}}

-- EmperorBMA|話す 20:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)