An Accursed Idolatry

Everyone familiar with the Heidelberg Catechismrecognizes that this is what the Catechism calls the "popish mass" in its 80th question and answer. This question and answer dealing with the difference between the Lord's Supper and the "popish mass" was added to the second edition (some historians think at the suggestion of John Calvin) of the Catechism which appeared shortly after the first edition in 1563. Question 80 asks: "What difference is there between the Lord's Supper and the popish...