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149 D. Martin Luther's Disputation against the private Mass. *)

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149 D. Martin Luther's Disputation against the private Mass. *)

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Anno 1535.

Translated from the Latin.

First final sentence. 3)

Every human thought of divine things is an error.

Each private fair is of the kind, so:

Every private fair is an aberration.

Second final sentence.

Any human will in divine things is ungodliness.

Each private fair is of the kind, so:

Every private mass is an ungodliness.

3) The heading over each of the three syllogisms is: Dardara, a special form of conclusion.

Third final sentence.

All human service in divine things is idolatry.

Every private fair is of the kind, so:

Every private fair is an idolatry.

A sentence about which one can argue.

It seems that there is no sacrament in the corner mass and that its worshippers are real idolaters.

*) This disputation is found in Latin in the kropositiones D. Mart. I-utb. ab initio nexodi DvanMlio! ab autors traetaias ste. Viternberxae 1538 and in the Theses collection of 1558. Then in the Wittenberg edition, lom. I, col. 398; in the Jena one (1579), lova. I, col. 514 d and in the Erlanger, 0PP. var. arx., vol. IV, 413. We have translated according to the Jenaer.