Catechesis: Ap XXVIII ECCLESIASTICAL POWER

In the Confession we nevertheless added the extent to which it is legitimate for them to create traditions, namely, that they must not be necessary acts of worship but a means for preserving order in the church, for the sake of peace. These must not ensnare consciences, as though they were commanding necessary acts of worship. This is what Paul teaches when he says, “Stand fast in the freedom with which Christ has set you free, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”—Ap XXVIII:15