“Lochner
spreads a veritable feast before you for nearly every occasion where
the pastor is expected to serve up the Word. Of course, the Mass is
central (and he offers
some more thoughts on that too!), but it does not exist in isolation.
Put together at the request of his fellow pastors, Lochner again
ransacks the Church Orders to present an Agenda that draws upon the vast
wealth of our Church’s liturgical tradition for
occasional services....
“Liturgical
Forms is truly the 19th century’s Pastoral
Care Companion. Yet again, we find ourselves deeply in Matthew Carver’s
debt as he continues to bring into English important works that give us
vital insights into the lex
orandi of the Lutheran Church.”
William Weedon, Assistant Pastor
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel IL
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A glowing review from Rev. Will Weedon
I do not exaggerate: this is the book that I have been looking for in vain for years. It is the definitive book on the classic historic Lutheran liturgy, where that liturgy is grounded in complete continuity with what came in the centuries before. Lochner’s work shows how the liturgy was purified at the Reformation and then offered to the Church in the service of the Gospel. In Lochner, the liturgy lives and breathes; it is manifestly not some museum artifact but a richly ordered way for the people of God to feast upon the twin gifts that constitute the Chief Divine Service: the Word and the Holy Sacrament.All lovers of Lutheran doctrine and liturgy and music will want this book on their shelves, and they will all be grateful to Matthew Carver, yet again.Rev. William Weedon St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel, Illinois
