''Deutsche Messe'' ("German Mass"; full title: , "German Mass and Order of Worship") was published by

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

in 1526. It followed his work '' Formula missae'' from the year 1523, pertaining to the celebration of a Latin

mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different ele ...

. Both of these masses were meant only as suggestions made on request and were not expected to be used exactly as they were, but could be altered. The function of the mass, according to Luther, is to make people hear the word. The German Mass was completely

chant A chant (from French ', from Latin ', "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of n ...

ed, except for the sermon.

Order of Luther's ''Deutsche Messe''

: A spiritual song or a

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in German :

Kyrie Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek , vocative case of (''Kyrios''), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie eleison ( ; ). In the Bible The prayer, "Kyrie, eleison," "Lord, have mercy" derives f ...

eleison (three fold) :

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(read facing the altar) :

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(read facing the people) : A German hymn (by the whole choir) :

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(read facing the people) : Creed sung in German :

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(on the Gospel) : Paraphrase of the

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: Exhortation to those who will commune :

Consecration Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

of the Bread.Geoffrey Wainwright, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker ''The Oxford History of Christian Worship'' 0195138864 2006 p.345 "Luther's preference in the Deutsche Messe is to consecrate the bread and then administer it to the people, then to consecrate the wine and administer the cup to the people." :

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of the

Body of Christ In Christian theology, the term Body of Christ () has two main but separate meanings: it may refer to Jesus' words over the bread at the celebration of the Jewish feast of Passover that "This is my body" in (see Last Supper), or it may refer ...

: Distribution of the Body of Christ :

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paraphrased in German (or the hymns " Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet" or " Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt") : Consecration of the Wine : Distribution of the Blood of Christ : Sanctus or

Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the "Lamb of God" is honoured within the Catholic Mass and other Christian liturgies descending from the Latin liturgical tradition. It is the name given to a specific prayer that occurs in these liturgies, and i ...

in German (or the hymns " Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet" or "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt") : Thanksgiving Collect : Aaronic Benediction

References

External links

Luther, Martin (1483-1546): Deutsche Messe, 1526
as an original German text

(Hanover Historical Texts Project)
Luther, Liturgies of
article from Christian Cyclopedia
Luther’s Liturgical Reforms
a comparison of Luther's Latin Mass and his German Mass at the WorshipConcord Project. 1526 works 16th-century Christian texts Lutheran liturgy and worship Works by Martin Luther Christian liturgical texts {{Lutheran-stub