12 Divine service, acts of blessing, and pastoral care
613 What is a divine service? ￫
614 What was divine service like in the Old Testament? ￫
615 What elements did the divine service incorporate in the early Christian congregations? ￫
616 How did Christian divine service develop further? ￫
617 Is God present in the divine service? ￫
618 What are the basic elements of the divine service? ￫
619 What is meant by the “Apostles’ doctrine”? ￫
620 What do we mean when we talk about “breaking of bread”? ￫
621 What does “communion” signify in the divine service? ￫
622 What is the role of “prayer” in the divine service? ￫
623 What do we mean by the “proclamation of the word” (sermon)? ￫
624 What is the sermon capable of doing? ￫
625 Who is called to proclaim the word of God in the divine services? ￫
626 What is the main content and objective of the sermon? ￫
627 Does this rule out any mistakes in the proclamation and hearing of the sermon? ￫
628 What is the duty of the listeners in the sermon? ￫
629 How are listeners prepared for the forgiveness of sins and the celebration of Holy Communion? ￫
631 What is the wording of the Lord’s Prayer in divine service? ￫
632 What does the address “Our Father” mean? (Japanese 633) ￫
633 What do the words “in heaven” signify? (Japanese 632) ￫
634 What does it mean to say: “Hallowed be Your name”? ￫
635 What do the words “Your kingdom come” mean? ￫
636 What does it mean when we say: “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”? ￫
637 What does it mean when we pray: “Give us this day our daily bread”? ￫
638 What does it mean to pray: “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”? ￫
639 What do we mean when we pray: “And do not lead us into temptation”? ￫
640 What is meant by the words “Deliver us from the evil one”? ￫
641 What do we mean when we say: “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever”? ￫
642 What does the word “Amen” mean? ￫
643 When do the believers receive the forgiveness of sins in the divine service? ￫
644 With what words is the forgiveness of sins proclaimed? ￫
645 Is the forgiveness of sins a sacrament? ￫
646 How is it that sins can be forgiven? ￫
648 Is it necessary to proclaim the forgiveness of sins? ￫
649 What must a person do in order to have his sins forgiven? ￫
650 What else is part of this recognition of having sinned? ￫
651 What is meant by repentance and remorse? ￫
652 What are the effects of the forgiveness of sins? ￫
653 Are there sins that cannot be forgiven? ￫
654 Who commits the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? ￫
655 Who dispenses the sacraments in the divine service? ￫
656 How often are the sacraments dispensed? ￫
657 Is Holy Communion celebrated in every divine service? ￫
658 Do children also receive the sacraments? ￫
659 Are the sacraments also dispensed to the departed? ￫
660 What are “acts of blessing”? ￫
661 What happens in an act of blessing? ￫
662 Which acts of blessing take place within the divine service? ￫
664 What is necessary in order to be confirmed? l￫
665 How is the act of confirmation performed? ￫
666 What is the effect of the confirmation blessing? ￫
667 What is the text of the confirmation vow? ￫
668 What do we mean when we talk about the act of “adoption”? ￫
669 What transpires in the adoption? ￫
670 What is the engagement blessing? ￫
671 What is a wedding blessing? ￫
672 For which wedding anniversaries is a blessing dispensed? ￫
673 What happens at the dedication of a church building? ￫
674 What happens when a church building is deconsecrated? ￫
675 When are sacraments dispensed and acts of blessing performed? ￫
677 How is the ordination performed? ￫
678 What is the function of music in the divine service? ￫
679 How is the divine service concluded? ￫
680 What is the text of the closing benediction? ￫
681 What is it that causes the believers to attend the divine services regularly? ￫
682 What are the consequences of not attending the divine services? ￫
683 Are there acts of blessing that do not occur in the context of a divine service? ￫
684 What is the prenatal blessing? ￫
685 What is a church funeral? ￫
686 What happens at a church funeral? ￫
687 Does the funeral have any impact on the resurrection of the dead? ￫
689 How do the ministers of the Church fulfil their pastoral care duties? ￫
690 What is the function of the pastoral care visit?￫
691 Do we have confession in pastoral care? ￫
692 Is the task of providing pastoral care only reserved for the ministers?￫
693 How is pastoral care provided for children? ￫
694 What is the objective of church instruction? ￫
695 What is the objective of Pre-Sunday School? ￫
696 What is the function of Sunday School? ￫
697 What is the content and objective of divine services for children? ￫
698 What is the function of Religious Instruction in church? ￫
699 What is the function of Confirmation Instruction? ￫
700 How is pastoral care provided for young people? ￫
701 What is the function of pastoral care for youth? ￫
702 How is pastoral care provided to the terminally ill and dying? ￫
703 How is pastoral care provided to the relatives of a dying person? ￫
704 What does support for the bereaved entail? ￫
705 What is the purpose of support for the bereaved? ￫
706 What holy days are celebrated in the New Apostolic Church? ￫
707 What is the significance of Christmas? ￫
708 What is the significance of Palm Sunday? ￫
709 What is the significance of Good Friday? ￫
710 What is the significance of Easter? ￫
711 What is the significance of Ascension Day? ￫
712 What is the significance of Pentecost? ￫
713 What is the significance of Thanksgiving Day? ￫
714 What is the format of divine services on church holy days? ￫