[Magdalen] Lutheran-Catholic Concordat.

[Joseph Cirou]

I happened  to be at St Gerard Majella in Markham during that controversy. I had been on the Consultation for Ecumenical Hymnody since the early 70's and we met with both the ELCa and LCMS committee members along with many other denominational members. I still remember ELCA's rep was Mandus Egge and the LCMS representative was Theo DeLaney and they were both working on what came to be the Green Book. By the time I arrived In Markham later in the decade I can become very friendly with the pastor of Markham Lutheran Church or the Church of the Cross a block away.They had ordered LBW but just too late. So they decided not to order the LCMS book and continued to use the Green Book as long as I knew them. Of course both hymnals have been republished.

There are many more Scandinavian  hymns in LBW which I believe have been kept in its successor. The German Chorales in their rhythmic version are preserved in the LCMS hymnal. I've gotten used to them, but I used to think of them as hard to sing.

I believe the 150 hymns we believed should be standard in all hymnals still stands. I think we decided on a supplemental list. I certainly learned a lot about hymns with that experience. I credit my organ teacher Edward Eigenschenck with getting me hooked on hymns.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 25, 2016 9:24 AM
>To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Lutheran-Catholic Concordat.
>
>In East Lansing (East Cupcake), we had an LCMS chaplaincy called
>Martin Luther Chapel, and it seemed quite liberal at least
>liturgically. When the green Lutheran Book of Worship was published
>and the LCMS had pulled out of that project and made their own blue
>Lutheran Worship hymnal, Martin Luther Chapel made a point of sticking
>with the LBW, and in general has operated much like an ELCA church.
>Quite unlike the big LCMS church in Rochester, Michigan, where I grew
>up, where one Sunday when I was visiting (it happened to be
>Reformation Sunday), the pastor started his sermon by addressing the
>congregation as "Sons of the Reformation!" Oh, brother.
>
>Valparaiso University, near here in northern Indiana, is a Lutheran
>institution not tied to one denomination. I gather they figured
>prominently in the tussles when Seminex was formed. Anyway, they're
>often in hot water with the LCMS over things like ecumenical services
>in the chapel involving Muslim and Jewish leaders.
>
>On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
><magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> LCMS has a history of splinter problems.  In 1974 there was a  major
>> split resulting in the liberal side of their Saint Louis seminary  forming
>> a new seminary calle "Seminex". I think they have mostly just moved
>> over to the more liberal ELCA.
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Scott R. Knitter
>Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA