ok. I got it working with this inserted in the functions.php:
get_template_part('includes/loop');
but now there is an error: Cannot redeclare verbosa_excerpt_length_words() (previously declared
What I am trying to do is:
Inserting a picture right before the h1 on a site. So I added the following code to the loop.php:
Sorry, I cannot post it here. It consists echo and div-tags and they get filtered out when posting, even if I use the code option