The German Mass and Order of Service
Deutsche Messe und Ordnung Gottesdiensts · Martin Luther, 1526
Catalogue onlyWorship in the language of the people, with the reasoning shown. Conservative where it could be and radical where it had to be, and the direct ancestor of every Lutheran service since.
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