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Presently, the primary liturgical book of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is The Book of Common Worship of 1993, published in cooperation with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. These books are not commonly used in the pews, but are resources for pastors in the preparation for Sunday worship, as well as for devotional use by church members and ...
Today most mainline Presbyterian churches administer Communion by either passing the elements or by intinction. Over subsequent centuries, many Presbyterian churches modified these prescriptions by introducing hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments into worship. However, there is not one fixed "Presbyterian" worship style.
The Book of Order is a governing document of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), abbreviated as PC(USA). It is divided into four parts: The Foundations of Presbyterian Polity, Form of Government, Directory for Worship, and Rules of Discipline. The Book of Order is designated "Part 2" of the PC(USA) Constitution. "Part 1" is the Book of Confessions.
Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) is a national organization of the Presbyterian Church (USA) for people who are involved in the areas of Reformed Christian worship, Church music, and liturgical arts. The national offices for this 1,600 member organization are located in Louisville at the National Office of the Presbyterian Church ...
The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church (1908). [524] "The synod of 1903 authorized the Executive Board of the Church to introduce the Liturgy [section one, 119 pp.] into the same book with the Offices of Worship and Hymns [section two, 435 pp., including an Appendix]."
Protestant liturgy or Evangelical liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Protestant congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Liturgy is especially important in the Historical Protestant churches, both mainline and evangelical, while ...
The holding of church services pertains to the observance of the Lord's Day in Christianity. [2] The Bible has a precedent for a pattern of morning and evening worship that has given rise to Sunday morning and Sunday evening services of worship held in the churches of many Christian denominations today, a "structure to help families sanctify the Lord's Day."
The Roman Martyrology, meanwhile, gives an account of all the saints (not only martyrs) commemorated in the Church each day. Other Roman-Rite liturgical books include the Roman Gradual and the Gospel Book or Evangeliary. The Catholic Church is composed of 24 autonomous particular churches, the largest of which is the Latin Church.