It was particularly in his conflict with fellow reformers, those to whom he referred in a derogatory manner as the
sacramentarians, that Luther became an ardent defender of the physical presence of Christ in the sacrament.
These enemies might even be found within one's own ranks, but they could easily be identified because, as Luther pointed out, "all Rottengeister justify and honor the founders and masters as saints, as today the
sacramentarians consider Zwingli, Oecolampadius, Muntzer, etc.
He ranged through the testimony of the Bible to itself and then wondered why the question was even before the Congress: "I do not think it is necessary for us to tap the car wheels at every station." Taking a slam against traditionalists and
sacramentarians who could get along without inerrant words, he would not allow Baptists to do likewise.
The presence in Coornhert's Netherlands of Anabaptists, Arminians, Calvinists, Catholics, Erastians, Gomarists, Libertines, Lutherans, Mennonites, Nicodemites, Remonstrants,
Sacramentarians, and Zwinglians indicates not only the freedom of religion created by the revolt against Rome but also the potential for seething sectarian disputes.
213-58) (c) scriptural verses which support the
Sacramentarians (p.
Tracking the history of Mass prayers and lections is hard enough for
sacramentarians; for the rest of us it is practically unfeasible, and here again, a source such as Chartres 520 gives us exactly those prayers and lessons that were used in almost the same breath with the chants we can sing.
These subtopics were joined with an explanation of the reason for including the issue in the Book of Concord and of the distinction between open and subtle
sacramentarians.