Luther did not want to abolish the liturgy

It is not now nor ever has been our intention to abolish the liturgical service of God completely, but rather to purify the one that is now in use from the wretched accretions which corrupt it and to put out an evangelical use.

Martin Luther
An Order of Mass and Communion for the Church at Wittenberg

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