_The Confession of Faith:
             Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V
                  At the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530_.
                        by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560
                   Translated by F. Bente and  W. H. T. Dau
                                 Published in:
                   _Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books
                         of the Ev. Lutheran Church_.
           (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), pp. 37-95.


        Article XXII: Of Both Kinds in the Sacrament. 
         
        To the laity are given Both Kinds in the Sacrament of the 
        Lord's Supper, because this usage has the commandment of the  
        Lord in Matt. 26, 27: Drink ye all of it, where Christ has 
        manifestly commanded concerning the cup that all should drink.  
         
        And lest any man should craftily say that this refers only to 
        priests, Paul in 1 Cor. 11,27 recites an example from which it 
        appears that the whole congregation did use both kinds. And 
        this usage has long remained in the Church, nor is it known 
        when, or by whose authority, it was changed; although Cardinal 
        Cusanus mentions the time when it was approved. Cyprian in 
        some places testifies that the blood was given to the people. 
        The same is testified by Jerome, who says: The priests 
        administer the Eucharist, and distribute the blood of Christ 
        to the people. Indeed, Pope Gelasius commands that the 
        Sacrament be not divided (dist. II., De Consecratione, cap. 
        Comperimus). Only custom, not so ancient, has it otherwise. 
        But it is evident that any custom introduced against the 
        commandments of God is not to be allowed, as the Canons 
        witness (dist. III., cap. Veritate, and the following 
        chapters). But this custom has been received, not only against 
        the Scripture, but also against the old Canons and the example 
        of the Church. Therefore, if any preferred to use both kinds 
        of the Sacrament, they ought not to have been compelled with 
        offense to their consciences to do otherwise. And because the 
        division of the Sacrament does not agree with the ordinance of 
        Christ, we are accustomed to omit the procession, which 
        hitherto has been in use.  
         
        

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