Incarnate Word Tract Series
A project begun in 1959 by the Society of the Incarnate Word, the Incarnate Word Tract Series is a series of thirty pamphlets designed to advance the liturgical and sacramental revival in the Lutheran Church. Described as "a Scriptural and Confessional approach to Christian faith, worship, and life," they are written in a conversational, easy-to-understand style intended to inform parishioners and guests about liturgical and pastoral practices largely obscured among the Lutheran Church in America in the early twentieth-century.
Over fifty years since their appearance, much ground has been gained in recovering the Scriptural and Confessional doctrine and practice of the Lutheran Church, such as the weekly celebration of Holy Communion, a renewal of incarnational and sacramental preaching, the recovery of vestments such as the chasuble and maniple, tunicle, and dalmatic, an emphasis on private confession and absolution, catechesis, and the liturgical year. Yet these tracts remain as timely for our day as when they were first written, both to explain the doctrine and practice of the church, and to encourage and teach those - even among Lutherans - who are unfamiliar with these topics.
The Royal Priesthood | The Holy Absolution |
Sign of the Cross | Weekly Communion |
Are you a Catholic? | What is Parent? |
Acknowledging Baptism | Private Confession |
Church Year | His Holy Name |
Prayer for the Dead | Altar |
How Often Should I Receive the Sacrament? | The Blessed Virgin Mary |
The Incarnation | One Cup |
Am I Worthy? | The Sacred Ministry |
The Augsburg Confession | What is a Sacrament? |
Holy Confirmation | Holy Marriage |
First Communion | The Offertory |
Interracial Marriage | |
Sex | From One—Every Nation |
Love and Hate | Luther's Table's Prayers |