Augsburg Confession Article XXIV: The Mass

How did the Lutheran Reformers answer the charge that they had abandoned the Mass? Have we, at times, been guilty of abandoning the Mass today? Also hear about why we would want to retain the Mass, its benefit to Christians and to the Church, why the Lutheran confessors specifically include talk of observing the Mass with the highest reverence and celebrating every Sunday communion. A chief concern in Article XXIV has to do with the medieval practice of "private masses." Why is this so offensive to the Gospel? Rev. Larry Beane, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Gretna, LA, joins host Rev. Sean Smith to discuss the Mass in Article XXIV in the Augsburg Confession. Find your copy of The Augsburg Confession - Concordia Reader's Edition at cph.org or read online at bookofconcord.org/augsburg-confession.