and in some countries the mass is now conducted in the vernacular. But as Protestants it is immaterial to us whether the mass is said in Latin, or English, or Swahili. It is not the language of the mass to which we object, but its content, specifically the doctrine of transubstantiation, which holds that the bread and wine are changed by the priest into the actual flesh and blood of Christ, and that those elements are then eaten by the people. The concessions made in the field of religious freedom
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