Day 30 • Question 80
80
What
difference
is
there
between
the
Lord's
supper
and
the
papal
mass?
The
Lord's
supper
testifies
to
us,
first,
that
we
have
complete
forgiveness
of
all
our
sins
through
the
one
sacrifice
of
Jesus
Christ,
which
he
himself
accomplished
on
the
cross
once
for
all;
1
and,
second,
that
through
the
Holy
Spirit
we
are
grafted
into
Christ,
2
who
with
his
true
body
is
now
in
heaven
at
the
right
hand
of
the
Father,
3
and
this
is
where
he
wants
to
be
worshipped.
4
But
the
mass
teaches,
first,
that
the
living
and
the
dead
do
not
have
forgiveness
of
sins
through
the
suffering
of
Christ
unless
he
is
still
offered
for
them
daily
by
the
priests;
and,
second,
that
Christ
is
bodily
present
in
the
form
of
bread
and
wine,
and
there
is
to
be
worshipped.
Therefore
the
mass
is
basically
nothing
but
a
denial
of
the
one
sacrifice
and
suffering
of
Jesus
Christ,
and
an
accursed
idolatry.
Footnote 1
Matthew 26:28
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
John 19:30
and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 9:12
he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:25-26
Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 10:10-18
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Footnote 2
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
Footnote 3
John 20:17
"Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Acts 7:55-56
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 8:1
Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Footnote 4
John 4:21-24
"Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Colossians 3:1
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.