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The Catechism of the New Apostolic Church
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- 12.1.1 General remarks concerning divine service
- 12.1.2 Divine service in the Old Testament
- 12.1.3 Divine service in the New Testament
- 12.1.4 Further development of Christian divine service
- 12.1.5 Divine service as an encounter with God
- 12.1.6 Proclamation of the word
- 12.1.7 The Lord's Prayer
- 12.1.8 Forgiveness of sins in the divine service
- 12.1.9 Dispensation of the sacraments in the divine service
- 12.1.10 The closing benediction
- 12.1.11 Acts of blessing in the sequence of the divine service
- 12.1.12 Ordinations, appointments, reinstatements, retirements
- 12.1.13 Divine services for the departed
- 12.1.14 Music in the divine service
12.1.10 The closing benediction
At the end of the divine service, the blessing of the triune God is dispensed upon all those present. Together with the Trinitarian opening formula, the "closing benediction" comprises the framework which encompasses the divine service event and indicates that everything emanates from, and revolves around, the triune God. This blessing is pronounced over the congregation with the words recorded in 2 Corinthians 13: 13:
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all!"