Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

Ixxvi Introductory Essay.
Anglicans may
have felt in the Swedish
Church as a sister inheritant of Apostolical
succession."* With all this it agrees, that no
sacerdotal office is left in the Swedish body.
Everything corresponds to
1
the office of
"preacher
the
for
substitution of
priest. The
Sunday services are designated from their chief
"
characteristic preaching. On Sunday, in
cities, sermons shall be thrice In
preached."f
the office for the Communion the Lutheran
doctrine is delivered in the clear terms of the
unaltered Confession of Augsburg ; but there
is no consecration ;
the words of Institution are
said or sung, as teaching ; but
" Whatever
wine remains is poured back into the vessels, or
may be used for ordinary purposes," J
as not
having been consecrated. "Since 1700, red
wine is disused, if other can be had,"| that it
may not even seem to symbolise the Precious
Blood.
"
"
Absolution is carefully turned into
a declaration, as, of course, upon a general
confession there can follow nothing but a vague
declaration.
"
If this your [general] confession
of sins is sincere, if there be earnestness in
your amendment, and if your faith be true,
* In Christ. Kem., p. 435.
"
f In Stadten soil dreymal gepredigt werden, a word
used throughout by Mr. Schubert." Christ. Rem. p. 406.
Luther himself called the consecration of a Church "conse
cration of a new house for the office of preaching the Divine
word," 1546. See in Daniel Cod. Liturg. ii. 557.
I Ib. p. 411413.