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In his fine little book The Bible and Liturgy <\/i> , E.H. van Olst briefly describes the liturgical renewal among Dutch Calvinists in the early 20th century: \u201cAmong Protestants it was J.H. Gunning and A. Kuyper who, at the turn of the century, called for renewed study of the liturgy. Gunning, on grounds of Scripture, took issue with the Zwinglian character of the worship service: the virtual absence of adoration, the neglect of the sacraments, and the view that the sermon is the raison d\u2019etre of the service. In his work on worship ( Onze Eredienst <\/i> ) Abraham Kuyper entered a protest against the so-called free inspiration of the preacher. \u2018All liturgy proceeds from the fundamental idea that it is the church which has the minister at its disposal and not vice versa.\u2019 He characterized a service centered in the sermon, to which prayer and song were then added, as being \u2018contrary to all principles of religion\u2019 and \u2018irreligious.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cAmong other things, Kuyper, who apparently began to reflect on liturgical issues as a result of his encounter with the Anglican liturgy, pleaded for a reintroduction of the practice of kneeling and for the ministry of the \u2018fine arts in the church, on hte model of God\u2019s ordinances in the Old Testament.\u2019 In his judgment, though the emphasis on the sermon in the time of the Reformation was understandable, it was nevertheless one-sided and had a disintegrating effect on the church.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In his fine little book The Bible and Liturgy , E.H. van Olst briefly describes the liturgical renewal among Dutch Calvinists in the early 20th century: \u201cAmong Protestants it was J.H. Gunning and A. Kuyper who, at the turn of the century, called for renewed study of the liturgy. Gunning, on grounds of Scripture, took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-liturgical"],"yoast_head":"\n