Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lord's Day.

Martin Chemnitz (November 9 1522 – April 8 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian reformer churchman and confessor. He is commemorated as a pastor and confessor in the Lutheran Service Book of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod on November 9.