I was looking over the rite for installing of servants of the congregation, and noticed a line missing. The LW Agenda said:
"You are to see that the services of God's house are held at the proper times, *in accordance with the order of our Church*, that the Word of God is purely preached and taught..." (LW Agenda, p. 281)
The LSB Agenda has:
"You are to see that the services of God's house are held at the proper times, that the Word of God is purely preached and taught..."
Now, I don't know about you, but *I* think the loss of the phrase "according to the order of our Church" is a sad loss indeed. Where did it go?
Which of the nouns in the phrase do you think was found objectionable by those who edited the work?
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ReplyDeleteDon't be such a tease! I suspect the problem was with the implication that our Church HAS an order.
Suppose you are right. What does that mean?-- given all that happened under the previous agenda, which at least *mentioned* an order?
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