Evangelisch-Lutherische Gebetsbruderschaft (''Evangelical Lutheran Prayer Brotherhood'') is a German
Lutheran
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religious society for men and women, based on the doctrines of the Bible and
Book of Concord
''The Book of Concord'' (1580) or ''Concordia'' (often referred to as the ''Lutheran Confessions'') is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since ...
, with regular prayer for the renewal and unity of the Church.
Prayer Brotherhood was founded in
Leipzig
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by Lutheran theological students. The main objectives in the beginning were
Augsburg Confession, regular
Eucharist
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on Sundays, and the
daily office
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with mutual prayer.
The Brotherhood uses its own
breviary, the ''Breviarium Lipsiensae: Tagzeitengebete'' (“Leipzig Breviary: Prayer of the Times of the Day”). It is one-volume breviary, in German with occasional Latin, containing a lectionary and four liturgical hours per day, with all 150 psalms, divided for four weeks. Musically it is descendant of the
Alpirsbach movement. The Leipzig Breviary is also the main source for ''The Brotherhood Prayer Book'' of the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood, a
confessional Lutheran
Confessional Lutheranism is a name used by Lutherans to designate those who believe in the doctrines taught in the ''Book of Concord'' of 1580 (the Lutheran confessional documents) in their entirety. Confessional Lutherans maintain that faithfulne ...
confraternity based in North America; it is used to pray the
canonical hours at
seven fixed prayer times.
Web site of the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
The Evangelical Lutheran Prayer Brotherhood includes members and pastors of the Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (german: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United (e.g. Prussian Union) Protestant regional churches and denominations in German ...
as well as of the Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church
The Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (german: Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche, abbreviated SELK) is a confessional Lutheran church body of Germany. It is a member of the European Lutheran Conference and of the International ...
in Germany. The Brotherhood is led by ''Ältester''.
See also
*'' For All the Saints: A Prayer Book for and by the Church''
References
External links
the official homepage
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Lutheran orders and societies
Lutheranism in Germany
Breviaries