Christian liturgy
"[2] In Numbers 28:1–10 and Exodus 29:38–39, "God commanded the daily offerings in the tabernacle to be made once in the morning and then again at twilight".
[2] In Psalm 92, which is a prayer concerning the observance of the Sabbath, the prophet David writes "It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night" (cf.
The Eastern Orthodox Church (Byzantine Rite) uses the term "Divine Liturgy" to denote the Eucharistic service.
Latin titles for the sections, psalms, and days has been widely retained, but more recent reforms have omitted this.
Recently, Lutherans have adapted much of their revised mass to coincide with the reforms and language changes brought about by post-Vatican II changes.
[citation needed] Protestant traditions vary in their liturgies or "orders of worship" (as they are commonly called).
Of great importance to these traditions has been a recovery of a unified pattern of Word and Sacrament in Lord's Day liturgy.
[citation needed] There are common elements found in most Western liturgical churches which predate the Protestant Reformation.
[7] There were eight such hours, corresponding to certain times of the day: Matins (sometimes called Vigil), Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline.
The Byzantine Rite maintains a daily cycle of seven non-sacramental services: The sundry Canonical Hours are, in practice, grouped together into aggregates so that there are three major times of prayer a day: Evening, Morning and Midday; for details, see Canonical hours — Aggregates.
Protestant Reformation-era ministers of the Reformed tradition used set liturgies which emphasized preaching and the Bible.
The Communion Service, Lectionary, and collects in the liturgy were translations based on the Sarum Rite[11] as practised in Salisbury Cathedral.
The revised edition in 1552 sought to assert a more clearly Protestant liturgy after problems arose from conservative interpretation of the mass on the one hand, and a critique by Martin Bucer (Butzer) on the other.
After the formation of the Church of South India the first synod met at Madurai in March 1948 and appointed a liturgical committee.
The first Synod in 1948 (where the Holy Communion service was that of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland) appointed a liturgy committee, composed mainly of Western theologians.
The first version of the Confirmation Service for the new church was also released in 1950, translated into regional languages and was quickly adopted by the various dioceses.
The Committee has also produced three different cycles of lectionaries for daily Bible readings and "propers", and collects for Communion services.
