In the LCMS (can't speak for other Lutheran synods), the order of service was set in something like 1880, with minor revisions in the 1940s with the publication of The Lutheran Hymnal. There was a largely unsuccessful attempt to replace TLH in the 70s with one called Lutheran Worship. In 2006 (or so), the new Lutheran Service Book was published, which has five different settings of the Divine Service (which is what we call the Mass). One of those five is the TLH service with minor revisions.murphy_p_t wrote:I did when I was in college (1990s) as my best HS friend was visiting campus...you are right, without knowing the Catholic novus ordo mass, the Lutheran service was nearly indistinguishable, in appearances. Yet it is something completely different from the sacrifice of the mass, which occurs on Catholic altars. Catholics believe that each mass is the presentation of the sacrifice of calvary. The validly ordained priest has the power to confer this sacrifice, due to his ordination.
The novus ordo came into being following the Vatican II council and has had some minor revisions since then...
I'm very interested to know about the Lutheran liturgy, however. When did the LCMS service I witnessed come into being? Is the liturgy as practiced today then same which Luther did? As you probably know, the mass in the Latin Rite (western Church) before Vatican II is completely different from the Novus Ordo.
I can't say whether what you saw in the '90s was a LW service or a TLH service. I don't really know much about the LW's setting of the Divine Service. The TLH version is a very traditional old school service.