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Article XV: Of Ecclesiastical Usages.
Of
Usages in the
Church they teach that those ought to be observed which may be observed without
sin, and which are
profitable unto
tranquillity and good order in the
Church, as particular holy-days, festivals, and the like.
Nevertheless, concerning such things men are
admonished that
consciences are not to be burdened, as though such observance was necessary to
salvation.
They are admonished also that human
traditions instituted to
propitiate God, to merit
grace, and to make
satisfaction for sins, are
opposed to the
Gospel and the
doctrine of faith. Wherefore vows and traditions concerning meats and days, etc., instituted to merit
grace and to make satisfaction for sins, are useless and contrary to the Gospel.