TY - JOUR AU - Jørgensen, Ninna PY - 2012/12/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - In dulci iubilo JF - Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift JA - DTT VL - 75 IS - 4 SE - Artikler DO - 10.7146/dtt.v75i4.105594 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/dtt/article/view/105594 SP - 236-253 AB - <p>Luther’s Christmas sermons 1525-1530 constitute an identifi -<br />able entity. In his yearly efforts to present the “old” announcement to<br />his congregation, he uses a set structure. He retells Luke’s gloomy birth<br />narrative from a historical point of view and introduces, in marked<br />contrast, the angelic revelation of the divine secret behind this humble<br />appearance. The pronouncement of a saviour born “to you/us/ me”<br />is the fi rst and fundamental sermon in the new dispensation. Joy and<br />praise remain its response. Luther’s integral use of liturgical celebration<br />is viewed in relation to the preaching by esp. Bernard of Clairvaux,<br />whom he admired greatly. It is furthermore argued that his conscious<br />affi liation to traditional elements of worship is not only a product of<br />his confrontation with the “spiritualists”, but can also be seen as an<br />acknowledgement of the sermon’s function in service and the need of<br />talking and catechizing to the senses.</p> ER -