‘Once for All’

“The argument the placards used against the daily sacrifice of the Mass was Hebrews 7:27, ‘He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as the high priests do- first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.’
If, in Germany, Romans 1:17 was the spark that had ignited the Reformation, in France, this was it. If Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was a complete work, and thus neither need be nor can be repeated, then all our attempts to atone for sin must be both unnecessary and insulting to Christ, in that they suggest his work is not sufficient. If Christ’s sacrifice was indeed ‘once for all‘, then there can be no need for other priests or high priests to offer up more. With that, the Mass, the priests who offered it, and all others acts of atonement for sin were shown to be useless. The only recourse was simple trust in Christ and his completed work.”

Michael Reeves,The Unquenchable Flame