How To Kill Lutheranism: Just Change The Worship
Rev. Will Weedon recently shared the following online from Dr. Joe Herl of Concordia University, Seward, regarding Johann Georg: "... the year was 1616. Johann Georg, Margrave of Brandenburg, converted to Calvinism and sought to enforce Calvinism on his very Lutheran territory. What changes did he demand? All images are to be removed from the Church and sent to the court. The stone altar is to be ripped from the ground and replaced with a wooden table. When the Lord's Supper is held, a white cloth covers the table. All altars, crucifixes, and panels are to be completely abolished. Instead of the host, bread is to be baked into loves, cut into strips, and put in a dish from which the people receive it in their hands; likewise the chalice is received by the people with their hands. The words of the Supper are no longer to be sung, but rather spoken. The golden chalice to be replaced by wooden. The prayer in the place of the collect is to be spoken, not sung. Mass vestmen...
