Throwback Thursday: Medieval Practices Retained by the Church of the Reformation
Note: This was originally published October 29, 2019. — Ed.
Ernst Walter Zeeden on the medieval ceremonies retained in the Church of the Reformation:
“Lutherans continued to use the five ancient liturgical colors as well as the liturgical vestments in the service and for sacramental acts; this usage lasted amazingly long, partly up to the brink of the nineteenth century…