Kirchliche Arbeit Alpirsbach is one of the organisations of the
protestant Liturgical Movement in Germany and was previously called ''Alpirsbach Circle''. Its center is
Alpirsbach Abbey located near Freudenstadt in the
Black Forest. Kirchliche Arbeit Alpirsbach has been influenced by theology of
Karl Barth
Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...
and it was originally led by
Wilhelm Gohl and
Richard Goelz. During ''Alpirsbach weeks'' there were
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...
ic services and a careful use of psalmody and
Gregorian chant in the
Benedictine tradition. It is particularly in this area of chant that the Alpirsbach Circle has done its work of creation, instruction, and research such as that evident in the publication of an ''Antiphonale'' and Masses; in the present German
Lutheran liturgy the
Kyrie,
Gloria
Gloria may refer to:
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* Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise
* Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise
** Gloria (Handel)
** Gloria (Jenkins) ...
,
Credo, responses,
psalmody and many hymns are sung to many of the same
Gregorian Chant melodies as those used in the
Roman Catholic liturgy - in German however.
References
*Swidler, Leonard J.
''The Ecumenical Vanguard: The History of the Una Sancta Movement'' See
Leonard Swidler.
External links
Kirchliche Arbeit Alpirsbach
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Christian organisations based in Germany
Lutheran liturgy and worship
German musical groups
Protestantism in Germany