| Acknowledgements | | xi | |
| Key to Abbreviations | | xiii | |
| | 3 | (14) |
| The Place of Tradition in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass |
| | 17 | (16) |
| | 17 | (4) |
| The Authority of Tradition on the Eve of the Reformation |
| | 21 | (12) |
| Humanism as a Complicating Factor |
| | 25 | (8) |
| The Early Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass |
| | 33 | (40) |
| | 33 | (1) |
| | 34 | (7) |
| | 34 | (1) |
| The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others |
| | 35 | (6) |
| | 41 | (32) |
| | 44 | (5) |
| | 49 | (7) |
| The Opus Operatum and its Application to Others |
| | 56 | (7) |
| The Historical Development of the Mass |
| | 63 | (4) |
| The Memorial of the Faithful Departed and the Saints |
| | 67 | (6) |
| The Reformers' Use of Patristic Testimony in the Debate on the Mass |
| | 73 | (20) |
| | 73 | (2) |
| The Reformers' Use of the Fathers in the Debate on the Sacrifice of the Mass |
| | 75 | (14) |
| Questioning the Authenticity of the Authorities |
| | 75 | (1) |
| | 76 | (5) |
| | 81 | (4) |
| The Application of the Mass |
| | 85 | (2) |
| | 87 | (1) |
| | 88 | (1) |
| Summary: Eucharistic Sacrifice and Tradition in the Early Reformation |
| | 89 | (4) |
| Bucer's Early Writing on the Mass (1523--1531) |
| | 93 | (34) |
| | 93 | (11) |
| The Abolition of the Mass in Strasbourg |
| | 93 | (8) |
| From the Abolition of the Mass to the Early 1530s |
| | 101 | (3) |
| Bucer's Early Critique of the Mass |
| | 104 | (23) |
| The Mutilation of the Divine Institution of the Sacrament |
| | 104 | (1) |
| The Ethical and Ecclesiological Dimensions of the Eucharist |
| | 105 | (5) |
| The Status of the Church's Liturgical Tradition |
| | 110 | (1) |
| Christian Freedom and the Inner and Outer Dimensions of Christian Worship |
| | 110 | (2) |
| The Eucharistic-Sacrificial Tradition |
| | 112 | (1) |
| | 112 | (1) |
| The Legitimacy of Later Additions to the Dominical Institution |
| | 113 | (2) |
| The Eucharistic-Sacrifical Vocabulary of the Fathers |
| | 115 | (1) |
| | 116 | (7) |
| The Indefectibility of the Church |
| | 123 | (4) |
| Bucer's Preparations for a Council (1534--1540) |
| | 127 | (18) |
| | 127 | (1) |
| Evolution of the Idea of a Religious Colloquy |
| | 128 | (17) |
| Epistola Apologetica (1530) |
| | 128 | (3) |
| Furbereytung zum Concilio (1533) and Bericht auss der heyligen Geschrift (1534) |
| | 131 | (9) |
| Defensio adversus Axioma Catholicum (1534) |
| | 140 | (1) |
| The Florilegium Patristicum (c. 1539) and Consilium Privatim Conscriptum (c. 1540) |
| | 141 | (4) |
| Catholic Irenic Writing on the Sacrifice of the Mass (1530--1540) |
| | 145 | (22) |
| | 145 | (1) |
| Augsburg 1530: the Committee of the Fourteen |
| | 145 | (3) |
| | 148 | (1) |
| | 149 | (5) |
| | 154 | (13) |
| The Colloquies and the Mass (1539--1541) |
| | 167 | (42) |
| The Second Colloquy of Leipzig (1539) |
| | 167 | (5) |
| The Secret Colloquy of Worms (1540) and the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541) |
| | 172 | (33) |
| | 172 | (4) |
| Article Fourteen: The Sacrament of the Eucharist |
| | 176 | (4) |
| Article Twenty: Certain Dogmas Confirmed by the Authority of the Church |
| | 180 | (3) |
| The Sacrifice of the Mass |
| | 183 | (1) |
| The First Offering: Christ |
| | 183 | (6) |
| The Second Offering: The Church |
| | 189 | (6) |
| The Third Offering: Praise |
| | 195 | (1) |
| The Fourth Sacrifice: Bread and Wine |
| | 196 | (2) |
| | 198 | (2) |
| Article Twenty-one: On the Administration of the Sacraments and Certain Specific Ceremonies |
| | 200 | (5) |
| Summary: The Mass in the Era of the Colloquies |
| | 205 | (4) |
| The Aftermath of the First Colloquy of Regensburg (1541--1546) |
| | 209 | (16) |
| | 209 | (1) |
| The Reformation at Cologne |
| | 209 | (7) |
| Einfaltiges Bedenken / Pia ac Simplex Deliberatio (1543) |
| | 211 | (1) |
| Gegenberichtung / Antididagma (1543) |
| | 212 | (1) |
| Bestendige Verantwortung / Constans Defensio (1545) |
| | 213 | (1) |
| De Vera et Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) |
| | 213 | (3) |
| The Principles Underlying the Debate |
| | 216 | (9) |
| Eucharistic Sacrifice in Constans Defensio (1543) and De Vera el Falsa Caenae Dominicae Administratione (1546) |
| | 225 | (54) |
| | 225 | (1) |
| The Structure of the Debate |
| | 225 | (1) |
| Causa Offerendi: the Rationale of Sacrifice |
| | 226 | (6) |
| The Four Sacrifices of the Mass |
| | 232 | (40) |
| The Offering of Bread and Wine |
| | 233 | (5) |
| | 238 | (16) |
| The Offering of the Church |
| | 254 | (1) |
| The Opus Operatum and Its Application for Others |
| | 254 | (6) |
| The Offering of Thanksgiving and Praise |
| | 260 | (1) |
| | 260 | (1) |
| | 261 | (9) |
| | 270 | (2) |
| The Status of the Roman Canon |
| | 272 | (7) |
| | 279 | (10) |
| Bucer's Use of the Fathers |
| | 279 | (2) |
| Bucer and the Eucharistic Sacrifice |
| | 281 | (8) |
| | 289 | (12) |
| Contemporary Printed Sources and Primary Sources in Print |
| | 289 | (4) |
| | 293 | (8) |
| Index | | 301 | |
