The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Second Revised Edition
Hardcover, 624 pp., 8.5" x 5.5"
ISBN 978-1-934328-01-9
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More music and artwork make this treasure of liturgical prayer a new classic. The BPB is a book dedicated to the singing of the canonical prayer offices and the entire Psalter pointed to Gregorian tones. Click here to view the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood's website for more information.
$50.00 (USD)
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Text Edition
Paperback, 376 pp., 8" x 5"
ISBN 0-9763832-9-2
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This edition of the BPB retains all the text of the BPB, but omits the music. The Psalm tones are printed on two pages before the Psalmody for reference. The user will find original artwork highlighting the theme of each section; clarified rubrics; more hymns; indices to hymns, and German compline. At this size, it is easier to carry and easier to use in the prayer offices.
$24.95 USD
Special Price:
$20.00 (USD)
Starck's
Prayer Book: Concordia Edition, edited by Franz Pieper
Paperback, 612 + xiv pp., 8.5" x 5.5"
ISBN
0-9763832-6-8
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If man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God, then Johann Starck has provided a bread basket
for the Church with his Prayer-Book. This book of
daily prayers, hymns, poetry,
and devotions presents in every syllable the Bread that
has come down from heaven. Written as daily nourishment in the
Word of God, this book also lends itself to meditation and prayer
during many of life’s peculiar situations. Reprint of the
1921 edition.
$29.50 (USD)
Special Price:
$25.00 (USD)
An
Explanation of the Common Service
With Appendices on Christian Hymnody and Liturgical Colors and a
Glossary of Liturgical Terms. Paperback, 120 pp., 8" x 5"
ISBN
0-9763832-3-3
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The perfect book to explain the liturgy to new members, youth, and even long-time members and pastors. First printed over a century ago, this Lutheran liturgical handbook uses questions and answers to explain the meaning of the Communion, Matins, and Vespers. (Liturgical texts are equivalent to those of The Lutheran Hymnal 1941.) In addition, hymnody, liturgical theology, and history are addressed succinctly. Click here for a sample of this book. Bulk orders are available: 5-10 copies, 25% off. 11-24 copies, 35% off. 25+ copies, 45% off. To order in bulk send us an e-mail.
$14.99 (USD)
Special Price:
$12.00 (USD)
Johann Wilhelm
Baier, Compendium Theologiae Positivae, edited and
expanded by C. F. W. Walther, volumes 1-2
Hardcover, two volumes in one, in Latin and German
(modern typography), 546 pp.
ISBN 0-9763832-4-1
Vol. 1-2: $31.99 (USD)
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Volume 3, 788 pp.
ISBN 0-9763832-2-5
$39.99 (USD)
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Volume 4 (Indices),
132 pp.
ISBN 0-9763832-7-6
$21.99 (USD)
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The Brotherhood Prayer Book Audio CD
MP3 format, 15.9 hours
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The BPB chanted. The chants are presented here merely for instructional purposes.
$15.00 (USD)
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Photos of the Brotherhood Prayer Book - Posted December 22, 2007 A+D
Brotherhood
Prayer Book: Second Revised Edition - Posted December 19, 2007 A+D
The welcome which the Brotherhood Prayer Book
received since its publication in late 2004 has far surpassed our
expectations. After less than two years, the looming end to the first
print run of the Brotherhood
Prayer Book,
the many corrections posted at www.llpb.us, and the desire to produce a
prayer book more complete with music and rubrics has led us to create
this second revised edition of the Brotherhood
Prayer Book.
The most noticeable change in the second edition of the Brotherhood Prayer Book is the new music. All of the responsories, antiphons for the Magnificat, invitatories, and the Venite now have their proper Gregorian melodies. The new music has increased the content of the book by about 50%. The second edition also is now in a more convenient size, being roughly the same size as a hymnal. The second edition has marginal page reference to the first edition, so that groups can use both editions together and still avoid confusion. The second edition is also graced by the beautiful liturgical artwork of Mr. Edward Riojas. Introducing sections of the BPB, each of the 26 original drawings combines theology and piety to give the user a fitting focus for prayer. Indices allow the user to find particular Psalm tones, and hymns by their English and Latin names.
Reprint of a devotional classic - Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 A+DStarck's Prayer Book: Concordia Edition is now available. From the back cover: "Professor Dau describes Starck well when he writes, “Starck loved nothing sensational, nothing that was for mere display in matters of religion. Christian life, to him, was real and earnest, to be conducted in a sober mind. He was always bent on its practical applications to every pursuit and action, and on enlisting really the whole of a person in the service of the Master.” When Christians nourish their souls daily with meditation upon the Word of God and the Sacraments, faith is strengthened. The Bread of Life fills hearts and minds, and Christ finds expression in the world through Christian life and speech. A contemporary pastor said it best when he said “Starck gives Christians a daily helping of meditation in God’s Word, and leads them to satisfaction in their vocational tasks.” Author: Johann Friedrich Starck (1680-1756) was a Lutheran pastor, devotional writer, and poet in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Theologically, Starck held to a moderate type of Pietism that affirmed the traditions of the Lutheran Church and stressed the importance of the sacraments for the salvation of the Christian. Editor: Franz August Otto Pieper (1852-1931) was a Lutheran pastor in Wisconsin; professor and president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; president of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and the author of Christian Dogmatics. Translator: William Herman Theodore Dau (1864-1944) was a Lutheran pastor in Memphis, Tennessee; professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; and a coeditor of the Concordia Triglotta.
Besides meditations, prayers, and hymns, this devotional classic also includes the appendix "Starck's Motherhood Prayers for All Occasions."
Just Arrived: An Explanation of the Common
Service - Posted Friday, June 2, 2006 A+D
The Common Service, with roots in the Reformation,
the Middle Ages, and the early church, became the standard English
liturgy for the Lutheran Church in America in the late 19th century.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod published it as its
standard in The
Lutheran Hymnal in 1941. With the publication of Lutheran Worship
(1982), editors revised the Common Service, updating
what they considered archaic language, but the basic structure remained
the same. In the Lutheran
Service Book (2006), editors have again
included the Divine Service from The Lutheran Hymnal, which is the
liturgy of the Common Service. What is it about the beauty and
reverence of this Divine Service that have caused Lutheran
congregations to welcome it every Sunday morning for over a century?
Many today enjoy it without being able to verbalize its deep
theological beauty. Others may exclude it from congregational practice
because they consider it outdated and invalid for the modern
parishioner. In either case, the editors of An Explanation of the
Common Service provide a basic yet important description
of the
theological and biblical meaning of this time-tested liturgy.
An Explanation of the Common Service explains the liturgy in such simple terms that it is perfect for teaching new members, catechumens, and youth. Yet its timeless truths are profound enough to instruct even long-time members and pastors. First printed a century ago, this Lutheran liturgical handbook uses questions and answers to explain the meaning of three services: the Communion service, Matins, and Vespers. (Liturgical texts are equivalent to those in The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941.) In addition, hymnody, liturgical theology, and history are addressed succinctly. The glossary of liturgical terms is helpful, extensive, and reliable.
Now Available: Baier, Compendium Theologiae Positivae IV:
Indices
- Posted Saturday,
April 8th, 2006 A+D
Besides full indices of
topics, names, authors,
and Scripture citations, this index volume to the Baier-Walther Compendium includes
a valuable list of
aphorisms in Latin and German for every locus of theology and an index
of "several of Baier's phrases, opinions, and modes of teaching, of
which Dr. Walther did not approve." In Latin and German (modern
typesetting).
Baier-Walther,
Vol. I-II Hot Off the Press - Posted
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 A+D
Lutherans who follow what is known as the "historic one-year series"
heard this past Sunday of our Lord's transfiguration, occuring at the
end of Epiphanytide, preparing us for the beginning of Pre-Lent. Other
Lutherans who follow newer lectionaries will celebrate Transfiguration
in a few weeks. Just as the voice of God the Father at His baptism
directed us to Jesus as the Son of God, so now at the Transfiguration,
God the Father once more indicates that this Jesus is the beloved Son
of God, whom we are to hear, and in so doing indicates to us the
mystery of the Holy Trinity.
At this time, we at Emmanuel Press are happy to announce yet another
book that directs us to the Triune God revealed to us in Christ's
Transfiguration. Volumes 1 and 2 (bound into one) of Baier's Compendium
Theologiae Positivae (Compendium of Positive Theology) are hot off the
presses, completing the text of this systematic theology. In the
future, we plan to print the helpful index volume for this work.
Out of print for over a century, the Baier-Walther is a confessional
Lutheran dogmatics work in Latin and German that was the basis for
Francis Pieper's well-known Christian Dogmatics. But unlike Pieper,
Baier-Walther is marked by concise definitions and sizeable quotations
of orthodox Lutheran theologians from Luther through the end of the
17th century. In addition, Baier-Walther gives a sampling of
19th-century theologians (e.g. Hofmann) as a contrast to the classical,
Lutheran orthodox position on many doctrines.
Volume I-II of this, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod's
first
dogmatics text, includes: The nature and constitution of theology;
Natural theology; Revealed theology; The principle of revealed
theology, Sacred Scripture; God; His existence, essence, and divine
attributes; The mystery of the most holy Trinity; Creation; Angels; The
image of God granted to man in the first creation; God's providence;
Eternal beatitude; Eternal damnation; Temporal death; The resurrection
of the dead; The last judgment and the consummation of the age; Sin in
general; Sin of origin; Actual sins; Temptation.
Upcoming Books
Wilhelm Loehe, Seed-Grains of Prayer. Hardcover, Pocket-sized — This classic manual of Lutheran prayer has been out of print for nearly a century. The Emmanuel Press edition will be the first complete English edition, including new translations of prayers hitherto omitted by American editors.
About Artist Ed Riojas
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The Latin phrase, "Labia sacerdotis custodient scientiam" means, "The lips of a priest should guard knowledge." This passage from Malachi 2:7 expresses our conviction that the Church requires a clergy and laity educated in theology. The shield emblem features a thurible with wafts of incense floating upwards, calling to mind Psalm 141:2, "Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense." Indeed, knowledge of divine things should lead Christians to prayer and contemplation of God the Holy Trinity. Finally, the EP emblem, located within the shield, has the P functioning also as a stylized cross and "chi-rho," the first two letters of the Greek word for "Christ." Thus, Emmanuel Press publishes materials which increase the theological knowledge of the Church, which aid the Church in prayer, worship, and liturgy, and which are focused on Christ Jesus, the Son of God and Son of the Virgin Mary.
