| Common Service Book | |||
 1918 edition of theCommon Service Book with Hymnal | |||
| Released | 1917 (text only), 1918 (with music) | ||
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| Publisher | United Lutheran Church in America | ||
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TheCommon Service Book (CSB) is aworship book andhymnal originally issued jointly by theEvangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America, theGeneral Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, and theUnited Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South in 1917, and, after the merger of those bodies into theUnited Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) in 1918, by that body.[1][2]
The hymnal employed the Common Service of 1887, the first common liturgy for theDivine Service amongEnglish-speaking Lutherans in theUnited States andCanada. The work of the inter-Lutheran committee that produced the Common Service and the hymnal itself was instrumental in bringing about the formation the ULCA.[3]
The text only edition, first published in 1917, did not contain the music for the hymns; the hymnal edition, first published in 1918, included the music.[1] The Occasional Services section was also published separately.[4]
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