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The German word Gottesdienst (literally, "God's service") is appropriately defined as both "divine service" and "public worship." The first and fundamental definition portrays God's sacramental service toward man in the preaching of the Word and the administration of the Sacrament. The second and subordinate definition portrays man's sacrificial service toward God in the offering of hymns, prayers, etc.

Gottesdienst proposes that the historic Divine Service of the Western Christian Church is more than Christian antiquity. It is a theological treasure which is most fitting for today's Christian Church. The slogan, Leitourgia Divina adiaphora non est, (lit., "The Divine Liturgy is not adiaphora [indifferent things]") reflects this conviction.