And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lord's Day.

The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved.

I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language.

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.