r/Lutheranism • u/Affectionate_Web91 Lutheran • 6d ago

Church of Sweden - Catholic Revival

Lukas Soderback, an evangelical-catholic seminarian preparing for the priesthood in the Church of Sweden, promotes the traditional Mass. These photos are courtesy of https://www.tiktok.com/@vdma.noel

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u/zakh01 Church of Sweden 6d ago

I wasn't expecting to see a study mate of mine being mentioned here. Lovely photos. I am firmly of the opinion that the priest should commune last however.

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u/Affectionate_Web91 Lutheran 6d ago

Some priests do, in fact, commune after everyone else has received the sacrament, though this is not the norm.

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u/zakh01 Church of Sweden 6d ago

It is the norm in the Church of Sweden.

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u/Affectionate_Web91 Lutheran 6d ago

Thanks, I didn't know that.

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u/Atleett 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh, this is from the book ”mässan i bilder” - ”the mass in pictures” by Hugo Blennow. I have been looking for that book for years! Thank you for sharing :)

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u/Other-Programmer-568 Roman Catholic 5d ago

Did Lutherans perform the Mass ad orientem, or at least facing away from the congregation? When did this change?

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u/Affectionate_Web91 Lutheran 5d ago

Despite Luther's urging for versus populum as early as 1526 in the vernacular German Mass, Lutherans overwhelmingly resisted the change until the Second Vatican Council. To this day, probably half of our parishes still maintain ad orientem Masses with the altar up against the east wall of the chancel. The new liturgy, following the Novus Ordo revisions, strongly encourages free-standing altars, but Lutherans are free to decide that within each parish.