See St. Louis edition, vol. X, 1732. - As we have set the heading, it is found in the Wittenberg edition (1559), vol. XII, p. 162; in the Jena (1568), vol. VI, p. 166 d and in the Trostschriften, Jena, Rödingers Erben, p. O vij. But in all newer editions, the words: "weiland Herzog Georgen zu Sachsen Organist 2c." have been omitted, since one took offense at the word "weiland" by attaching to it the meaning: deceased, which did not want to fit at all, whether one referred it to Duke Georg (for he died only in 1539) 2) or to Balthasar Jöppel, because one does not write letters to deceased people. In order to avoid this inconsistency, the word "weiland" was simply deleted from Luther's letter of Nov. 10, 1539 "to Johann Mantel, weiland Kirchendiener zu Wittenberg," just as it was from Walch, also from De Wette, in the Erlangen and St. Louis editions, Vol. X, 2006.
No. 2056.