Directory for Public Worship
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The Directory for Public Worship is a 17th-century Reformed liturgical guide created by the Westminster Assembly to regulate and standardize worship practices in English-speaking Protestant churches.
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Presbyterian worship directory
ⓘ
Reformed liturgical guide ⓘ ecclesiastical document ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Church of Scotland General Assembly
Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ
surface form:
Long Parliament
|
| associatedBody | Westminster Assembly ⓘ |
| characteristic | provides guidelines rather than fixed liturgical texts ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
|
| containsSection |
Of Burial of the Dead
ⓘ
Of Prayer after the Sermon ⓘ Of Public Prayer before the Sermon ⓘ Of Public Reading of the Holy Scriptures ⓘ Of the Assembling of the Congregation ⓘ Of the Celebration of the Communion, or Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper ⓘ Of the Preaching of the Word ⓘ Of the Sacrament of Baptism ⓘ Of the Sanctification of the Lord’s Day ⓘ Of the Solemnization of Marriage ⓘ Of the Visitation of the Sick ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1644 ⓘ |
| denominationalUse |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
American Presbyterians
Church of Scotland ⓘ English Presbyterian Church ⓘ
surface form:
English Presbyterians
Irish Presbyterians ⓘ |
| doctrinalBasis | Reformed theology ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
centrality of preaching
ⓘ
congregational prayer ⓘ simplicity in worship ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | English Civil War ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key document in shaping Presbyterian worship identity ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Presbyterian books of order
ⓘ
worship practice in American Presbyterian churches ⓘ worship practice in the Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalType |
directory for worship
ⓘ
non-ritualistic order of worship ⓘ |
| opposes | set liturgical forms of the Book of Common Prayer ⓘ |
| purpose |
to regulate public worship in Reformed churches
ⓘ
to standardize worship practices in English-speaking Protestant churches ⓘ |
| regulates |
administration of sacraments
ⓘ
church discipline-related worship acts ⓘ days of fasting and thanksgiving ⓘ funeral practices ⓘ marriage services ⓘ preaching ⓘ public prayer ⓘ reading of Scripture ⓘ |
| relatedDocument |
Westminster Confession of Faith
ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ |
| replaced |
Book of Common Prayer
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Common Prayer (in parliamentary jurisdictions)
|
| statusInAnglicanism | not officially adopted by the Church of England ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Calvinist ⓘ |
| yearAdoptedInScotland | 1645 ⓘ |
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