‘The Practice of Those Duties, Which are Proper for a Dying Man […].’ Protestant Church Orders and the Role of Communion and Confession in the Ministry for the Sick and Dying
Helping the sick and dying has been one of the most important tasks of Christianity since the early church. Reformed and Lutheran churches made this ministry an integral part of their ‘Protestant Mission’ in the sixteenth century. In this context, the provisions in the church orders of the time play...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2025, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-89 |
| Further subjects: | B
funeral sermons
B Confession B Pastoral Care B Communion B Church ordinance B Dying |
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| Summary: | Helping the sick and dying has been one of the most important tasks of Christianity since the early church. Reformed and Lutheran churches made this ministry an integral part of their ‘Protestant Mission’ in the sixteenth century. In this context, the provisions in the church orders of the time played an important role as points of orientation and legal guidelines for what this ministry and pastoral care should look like in practice. This article investigates how Lutheran church orders from Nuremberg and Brandenburg-Ansbach and Reformed ones from Electoral Palatinate, Basel, and Zurich liturgically situated the service to the sick and dying and what role the Lord’s Supper and the confession played in these contexts. This raises the question of the significance of community in these contexts. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1727 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2025.2505947 |
