In the Lutheran Church, Matins is a morning-time liturgical order combining features that were found in the Medieval orders of Matins, Lauds, and Prime. Lutherans generally retained the Order of Matins for use in schools and in larger city parishes throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. In some places, Matins continued to be sung in Latin still longer. For example, at the close of the eighteenth century in Leipzig, one historian records that "every Sunday and festival day the canonical hours taken over from the Roman Catholic Church are still being chanted before [the chief service] at 6:30 am."Leonhardi, p. 416; cited in Stiller, p. 49 The orders experienced a revival in the Confessional Renewal that took place in the 19th century, and now have a stable place in modern Lutheran liturgical books.
Representative examples A few examples of Matins in the Lutheran Church can be found below. The first column contains the Offices of Matins, Lauds, and Prime as found in the pre-Reformation breviary from the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. The second column provides the Office of Matins from the Lutheran Cathedral of Havelberg, a suffragan of Magdeburg, as found in the 1589 Vesperale of Matthäus Ludecus, dean of the Havelberg Cathedral. The third column provides Matins as it was sung in the Lutheran Cathedral of Magdeburg in 1613, precisely one century after the pre-Reformation breviary in the first column. The final column contains the Order of Matins as found in the 1941 Lutheran Hymnal of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Along with the outline of the office itself, the various propers for Matins of the First Sunday in Advent are also included. Magdeburg Breviary (1513) Vesperale (Havelberg, 1589) Cantica Sacra (Magdeburg, 1613) The Lutheran Hymnal (LCMS, 1941) Matins Matins Matins Matins "O Lord, open Thou my lips" "Make haste, O God, to deliver me" Glory be to the Father... Alleluia Invitatory Advent I: Invitatory Invitatory Advent I: Invitatory Advent I: "Behold, the King cometh..." Venite Venite Venite VeniteFirst NocturneHymn Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody - "One or more psalms shall be said or chanted" Advent I: UnspecifiedVersicle Advent I: V: R: First Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:1-3) Lections Three Lections on Feasts and Sundays, one on Ferias Advent I: (Isaiah 1:1-15) Lections - one or moreResponsory (common, seasonal, or proper to a certain Sunday or feast) Advent I: Responsory (common, seasonal, or proper to a certain Sunday or feast) Advent I: Three Responsories on Sundays and Feasts, one on Ferias (common, seasonal, or proper to a certain Sunday or feast) Advent I: Responsory (common, seasonal, or proper to a certain Sunday or feast) Advent I: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord..."Second Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:4-6) Second Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:16-31) Responsory Advent I: Responsory Advent I: Third Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:7-9) Third Lection Advent I: (Matthew 21:1-9) Responsory Advent I: Responsory Advent I: Second Nocturne Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Versicle Advent I: V: R: Fourth Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:10-13a) Responsory Advent I: Fifth Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:13b-15) Responsory Advent I: Sixth Lection Advent I: (Isaiah 1:16-18) Responsory Advent I: Third Nocturne Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Versicle Advent I: V: R: Seventh Lection Advent I: (Matthew 21:1-9a) See Third Lection Homily Advent I: (Pseudo-Chrysostom, Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, Homily 37) Responsory Advent I: Eighth Lection Advent I: (Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, Homily 37) Responsory Advent I: Ninth Lection Advent I: (Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, Homily 37) Responsory Advent I: Sermon (optional)Not said in Advent or and
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Advent I:LaudsLaudsLauds Psalmody Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I:
Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalmody Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I:
Antiphon for Advent I: Psalm: Antiphon for Advent I: Hymn (seasonal, common, or proper) Advent I: Hymn (seasonal, common, or proper) Advent I: HymnChapter Advent I: (Romans 13:11) Chapter (German version of what was read in Matins) Advent I: (Matthew 21:1-9) Versicle and response (seasonal, common, or proper) Advent I: V: R: with antiphon (usually proper, frequently taken from Gospel at Mass) Antiphon for Advent I: with antiphon with antiphon (usually proper, frequently taken from Gospel at Mass) Antiphon for Advent I: Versicle Advent I: V: R: Collect Advent I:Collect Advent I:PrimePrimePrime Hymn - Hymn - Psalmody Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalm: Psalmody Psalm: or Psalm: or Psalm: Chapter (Isaiah 33:2)ResponsoryResponsory Ninefold Threefold "Our Father..." Preces Optional suffrages Confiteor Preces and and "The Lord be with you"Collect - Collects Collect for Grace: "O Lord, our heavenly Father..." Versicles Collect - Collect - (x3) Threefold Versicles (Psalm 90:16-17) "Bless we the Lord." Benediction
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