The mission came armed with a list of four points to be resolved on German terms: allowing communion ‘in both kinds’ (bread and wine) to all communicants; abolishing ‘private masses’ (directed towards particular prayer intentions, especially prayers for the dead); denying the value of monastic vows and, finally, abolishing universal clerical celibacy. Even monastic vows remained an open question in England, despite everything that was happening to the regular life, and all the other points were likely to arouse King Henry’s disapproval. On the German side, the issue of ‘both kinds’ was
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