_The Confutatio Pontificia:
         In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty
          By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The
            Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes
           Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following
                Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.
                              Edited by J.M. Reu.
                                 Published in
              _The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._
     (Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press), pp. 349-383.


                                To Article XV.

 In the fifteenth article their confession that such ecclesiastical rites are
 to be observed as may be observed without sin, and are profitable for
 tranquility and good order in the Church, is accepted, and they must be
 admonished that the princes and cities see to it that the ecclesiastical rites
 of the Church universal be observed in their dominions and districts, as well
 as those which have been kept devoutly and religiously in every province even
 to us, and if any of these have been intermitted that they restore them, and
 arrange, determine and effectually enjoin upon their subjects that all things
 be done in their churches according to the ancient form. Nevertheless, the
 appendix to this article must be entirely removed, since it is false that
 human ordinances instituted to propitiate God and make satisfactions for sins
 are opposed to the Gospel, as will be more amply declared hereafter concerning
 vows, the choice of food and the like.

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