[jt8d]

Is there some confusion here over which heretic did what? I thought that it was Jean Calvin who did all these things--not Luther. I was given to understand that although Martin Luther was a heresiarch, he did not advocate "destroying the Holy Mass"--such was whole-heartedly accomplished by Calvin and Zwingili, who both despised the Church. Do we not often refer to the desecration of the Sacred Altars as being turned into "Calvin's Table?"

[ultima ratio]

No, it was Luther who began the changes I cited. He consciously denied the Propitiatory action of the Mass as well as the Real Presence. He eliminated the Offertory, insisted the minister face the congregation, made the altar a table, introduced Communion in the hands, and eliminated all outward expressions of veneration.