Quote#God & Faith
The Mass is Idolatry. All worshipping, honouring, or service invented…
Quote byJohn Knox · 1514–1572
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John Knox, A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry, 1550; as quoted in Selected Writings of John Knox: Public Epistles, Treatises, and Expositions to the Year 1559.
English (original)
The Mass is Idolatry. All worshipping, honouring, or service invented by the brain of man in the religion of God, without his own express commandment, is idolatry. The Mass is invented by the brain of man, without any commandment of God; therefore it is idolatry.
— John Knox
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