日本における礼拝指針の系譜

Abstract

This study has been prompted by the recent discovery of the Chourou Kyokai Reihai Kisoku in the library of Tokyo Union Theological Seminary. With this new resource in hand, I intend to uncover how Japanese protestant churches have understood the meaning of worship service. In order to do so, this article introduces briefly the history of the directory for worship which was imported from the U.S. to the Japanese Presbyterian churches in the late 19th century. Then, I will analyze the directories of both countries, comparing their contents, differences, and characteristics. Also, I will examine what Japanese churches have or have not inherited from American churches and observe how such inheritance had been developed in Japan.