In the work of tearing down he proceeds with the greatest care, ever mindful of his duty to replace the old with something new which can stand the test of Scripture. J. L. NEVE. Wittenberg Theological Seminary, Springfield, O. FOOTNOTES [1] As the earliest prints, the following may be mentioned: (1) By Joh. Gruenenberg in Wittenberg, 11520 (the basis of the Weimar text); (2) by the same publisher, 1520; (3) by Melchior Lotther in Wittenberg, 1520; (4) by Silanus Ottmar in Wittenberg, Aug. 21st, 1520 (this is the text of the Erlangen Edition); (5) a Wittenberg print with no mention of the publisher, but otherwise identical in appearance with No. 4; (6) by Fridrichen Peypus at Nürnberg, 1520; (7) a Wittenberg print, 1520, with no mention of the publisher; (8) by Adam Petri in Basel, 1520; (9) a Wittenberg edition of 1520, revised by Luther (anderweit gecorigiert durch D. Mart. Luther); this edition in octavo, all the preceding in quarto. The text of this treatise in the following collections of Luther's works, Wittenberg, VII, 25 ff.; Jena, I, 329 ff.; Altenburg, I, 514 ff.; Leipzig, XVII 490 ff.; Walch XIX, 1256 ff.; Erlangen XXVII, 141 ff.; Weimar VI. 353 ff. [2] By the word "mass" Luther means the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Even after this sacrament was understood in an evangelical sense, the Lutherans for a long time kept the name mass. Thus Melanchthon writes in the Augs. Conf., Art. xxiv, "Our churches are falsely accused of abolishing the mass; for the mass is retained on our part, and celebrated with the greatest reverence." [3] Page 224. [4] De Weite, Luther's Briefe, I, 475. [5] The name given by the Lutheran theologians to those who denied the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper. [6] Two more might have been mentioned: (1) a discourse on the proper preparation of the Lord's Supper (Erl. Ed., XVII, 55 ff.) and (2) the Discourse on Excommunication (Ibid., XXVII, 29 ff.) [7] In the Introduction to The Babylonian Captivity of the Church he writes: "I am compelled, whether I will or not, to become daily more learned, having so many notable teachers diligently pushing me on and keeping me at work." (Weimar Ed., VI, 497. [8] Cf. Koëstlin-Kawäeau, Martin Luther, 4th ed., I, 284; Koëstlin-Hay, Theology of Luther, I, 399 f; Luther's Werke, Berlin Ed., III, 261-264, 374. [9] Weimar Ed., VI, 511 f. [10] Cf. Koëstlin-Hay, op. cit., I, 340. [11] Ibid., p. 350. [12] Erl. Ed., XVI, 33, 92 ff. [13] So also with much emphasis in the Sermon v. d. hochw. Sac., 1519. [14] He means the Serm. v. d. hochw. Sac., 1519. [15] Weimar Ed., VI, 502. [16] De Weite, Briefe, I, 378 [17] Koëstlin-Hay, op. cit., I, 355. A TREATISE ON THE NEW TESTAMENT, THAT IS THE HOLY MASS 1519 JESUS[1] [Sidenote: The Multiplying of Laws]