Berneuchen Movement (German:Berneuchener Bewegung) is part of theLutheranLiturgical movement in Germany. It originates fromGerman Youth Movement.
The movement was born in the 1920s, after the radical changes caused byWorld War I. The founders felt, that it was necessary to give to the spiritual life a greater and more perfect concrete form, in order to throw off the influence ofliberal theology. The group met annually in theBerneuchen Manor nearNeudamm in theNew March, which gave the name for the circle. In 1926 the circle published theBerneuchener Buch, written byKarl Bernhard Ritter,Wilhelm Stählin,Ludwig Heitmann [de] and Wilhelm Thomas.
Berneuchen societies today includeBerneuchener Dienst,Evangelische Michaelsbruderschaft andGemeinschaft Sankt Michael, and its centre is theKirchberg convent, the "Berneuchener Haus" nearSulz am Neckar inBaden-Württemberg.
The Berneuchen movement has put emphasis e.g. on Bible reading,daily office and celebration of Eucharist. The movement has been an important field of Christianecumenism.
The annual "Das Gottesjahr" was published 1921-1940 and since 1952 the journal "Quatember" has been edited four times a year by Berneuchen societies.
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