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Introduction to Christian Worship, Third Edition traces the development of the major forms of Christian worship, and includes discussion of the newest service books of the principal churches of North America and the British Isles. This staple of liturgical history is used widely in Protestant seminaries and is read by clergy and laity alike as an accurate, informative, and accessible introduction...

Gottesdienst reflects a God who "emptied himself, taking the form of a slave" (Phil. 2:7) and our service to such a God. There is only a slight difference between this concept and the one conveyed by our modern English word liturgy. Too often confused with smells and bells (ceremonial), "liturgy," like service, has a secular origin. It comes from the Greek leitourgía, composed from words for work (érgon) and people (laós). In ancient Greece, a liturgy was a public work performed for the benefit of
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