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Formula missae et communionis pro ecclesia Vuittembergensi (1523) is a 16th-century tract on the reform of theLatin liturgy composed byMartin Luther forLutheran churches inWittenberg, Germany.
Formula missae was not itself a new mass, but rather an outline and guide for using the existing missals and office books in Latin, with the primary difference being the omission of theCanon of the Mass. It was not prescriptive for Lutherans in general, but was widely influential as Lutherans sought to bring their worship into harmony with their theology.
It was followed three years later by theDeutsche Messe (German Mass), a guide to mass in the vernacular, but the Latin liturgy for both mass and office continued in use in various Lutheran churches and cathedrals for more than two centuries afterward, still guided by the influence of Luther'sFormula missae.
