Uom miszbrauch der Messen
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."
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