Uom miszbrauch der Messen
De abroganda missa privata
Summary: Luther always felt a special fondness for this work. Nearly two decades after writing it, he remembered it as being especially powerful. It elicited response from Catholic opponents five years hence. Luther felt so strongly about this material that he translated it into German himself. The abuse of the title refers to the masses sung by chantry priests for individuals. Luther opposed any celebration of the Eucharist that was not accessible to or provided for the congregation at large. This edition written in German by Luther himself was preceded by a Latin edition of the same year with title: De abroganda missa privata Martini Lutheri sententia.
Signatures: A-N4, [A] unsigned, N4b blank.
Imprint: Printer from Benzing.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, historiated, woodcut border (people), initials.
Additional Details: This volume was formally in the Beck Lutherana collection, #110. In ink , at the head of the title page, is an inscription and an old manuscript note: "III Libri de abroganda missa privata."
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Rhau-Grunenberg, Johann, active 1508-1525
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
German
Mass
Sixteenth century
103 unnumbered pages
20 cm
Text
books
Quarto
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Historiated title page of Luther's Uom Missbrauch der Messen
Benzing, Lutherbibliographie, 1002
WA8, 480B
Pegg, Bibliotheca, 1426
Pegg, Swiss, 3617
Kuczynski, 1521
Pegg, Great Britain, 275O
Hohenemser, 2408
1522 LUTH UU
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