# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juni 1862_S177
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Essay on the Right Mean of the Lutheran Liturgy.    177

II.
The Aberrations of the Hierarchical and Enthusiast Spirit.
§ 1.
Where They Are Found.

The aberration of the hierarchical spirit lies plainly before our eyes in the papacy; that of the enthusiast spirit is to be sought in the Reformed church generally.

§ 2.
Outward Difference and Inward Kinship.

However much the papacy and enthusiasm present themselves as extremes in their outward, mutual appearance, they are nevertheless inwardly akin on account of their position regarding the article of justification. However different, therefore, the form may be which the essentially one spirit has fashioned for itself in worship in each of the two, the aberration of that spirit is still, in part, the very same, in part a close relation. An attempt shall therefore be made to characterize the aberration of the papacy and of enthusiasm with regard to the liturgy, both according to its inner kinship and according to its outward difference. According to the principles laid down above, this might be done with regard to

a. its relation to the Gospel in general;

b. the basic character of divine service;

c. the principle of Christian liberty — (and love?);

d. the spiritual priesthood; and

e. the beautiful and the fitting.

§ 3.
Its Character as Ceremonial Law.

In their relation to the Gospel, the divine service of the papists and of the enthusiasts has, more or less, something of ceremonial law about it.

The center of the Roman cult is the sacrifice of the Mass. For this reason it imitates the Levitical institutions in everything connected with it.

Apology, Art. 12: "They (the papists) also cite from the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 5: Every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sin. From this they conclude that, since in the New Testament there are bishops and priests, there must likewise be a sacrifice for sin. This above all is apt to move the unlearned and inexperienced, especially when they behold the splendid pomp in temple and churches, and likewise the vestments of Aaron. Since in the Old Testament, too, there was much adornment of gold, silver, and purple, they think that in the New Testament there must likewise be a divine service, such ceremonies and sacrifices, in which one offers for the sins of other people, as in the Old Testament. For the whole abuse of the Masses and of the papal divine service has arisen from nowhere else than that they have wanted Moses's cere-