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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: Sacrament nourishes true devotion toward God. It does not,
therefore, appear that the Mass is more devoutly celebrated
among our adversaries than among us.
But it is evident that for a long time this also has been the
public and most grievous complaint of all good men that Masses
have been basely profaned and applied to purposes of lucre.
For it is not unknown how far this abuse obtains in all the
churches by what manner of men Masses are said only for fees
or stipends, and how many celebrate them contrary to the
Canons. But Paul severely threatens those who deal unworthily
with the Eucharist when he says, 1 Cor.11,27: Whosoever shall
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