That individual faith without baptism is also useless.
That children that have not yet reached the years of understanding, cannot be saved by the baptism of Christ. That those who have been baptized in infancy must, when they become older, be rebaptized, for this, he says, is not rebaptizing, but, much rather, baptizing aright. That the body and blood of Christ are not offered up in the public mass; and that this sacrifice has no virtue to the salvation of souls. Again, that the altars ought to be cast down or broken in pieces. That the doctrine of the forms and of the transubstantiation of the sacrament is false. That the Supper ought not to be administered any more (as their accusers charged them with maintaining), it having been given once by Christ to the apostles. That., the sacrifice of the mass, prayer, alms, and such like, works of the living for the dead, are folly, wickedness, and of no avail. That monks and priests should marry, rather than commit fornication, and live continually in lewdness. That crucifixes, should not be honored or worshiped; and the many crosses, which tend to superstition, ought much rather to be abolished than retained. That man ought not to build so many costly churches, which are frequently not used for hearing the Word of God; and those that are built should be demolished.
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