Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the sameQuestions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same

Sith we have sufficiently¹ before proved that the true body and blood of Christ, is not in the Sacrament corporally, it followeth of necessity that the same can not be offered up in the ⟨p. 104⟩Mass by the priests. But yet the Romish church teacheth that the body and blood of Christ is corporally and substantially present, and in the office of their Mass offered up to God by the Priests, for the sins of the quick and the dead, and therefore ought to be worshipped. But the form of the Mass doth not agree with the institution of the Lords supper, but is increased by the long continuance of time with divers additions, rights, & Ceremonies, so as Gregorius the seventh Pope doth confess that in his time the Mass was not celebrated in all places of the world after one manner: wherefore without all doubt the Apostles, Peter, James, and Matthew did never celebrate the Mass used in the Church of Rome, but were altogether ignorant thereof. Therefore the Churches of the gospel have by good right put away and abolished the Romish Mass, and in the stead thereof, have rightly and godly ordained the supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was godly celebrated in the old Apostolical church, without any ⟨image 115⟩of the Popes, or mans traditions, or additions. And therefore, to the foresaid question we answer: that we do not acknowledge nor receive the Mass, for the institution of God, but flee from it, as being contrary to our profession, partly for causes already showed, and partly for such causes as hereafter we shall show.