¶ Of the perfecte oblation of Christ made vpon the crosse.
Christ's Perfect Sacrifice vs. Mass-Sacrifice
Christ's once-for-all offering is the sole satisfaction for sin, rendering Mass-sacrifices for the living and dead as deceptive fables.
The offering of Christ, made once for all time, is the perfect redemption, the appeasing of God's displeasure, and the satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is no other satisfaction for sin but that alone. So the sacrifices of Masses, in which it was commonly said that the priest offered Christ for the living and the dead to obtain remission of pain or sin, were forged fables and dangerous deceits.1
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THe offringe of Christe, made once for euer, is the perfect redemption, the pacif…ynge of goddes displeasure and satisfaction for al the sinnes of the whole worlde, bothe origynall and actuall: and there is none other satisfaction for synne, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of masses, in the which, it was commonlye sayde, that the Pr…est did offre Christ for the quick▪ and the dead, to haue remission of payne or syn, were forged fables, and daungerouse deceiptes.
Notes
- 1 ↩In sixteenth-century usage, 'pain' (payne) typically means penalty or punishment for sin (Latin poena), often in a purgatorial sense, not merely physical suffering.
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit