(Regest.)
He sends them a writing, which Sebastian Schubart, preacher of Mr. Friedrich von Heydeck,5) gives him as a
led to. Although a decision was made against Albrecht at the Zerbst meeting on 23 February 1538, the dispute did not end there. Only after the victory of the Reformation in Halle in 1541 could the exiles return. (Erl. Briefw.)
4) By the "first time" Luther means the meek concession when in 1521 the archbishop stopped the re-established sale of indulgences in Halle on Luther's threat to write against the Abgott zu Halle. (Erl. Briefw.)
5) Heydeck, lord of Johannisburg, was the patron of the Schwenkfeldians. Speratus and also Apel feared that he would draw the duke over to them. Schubart later professed the Lutheran doctrine of the Lord's Supper, as a letter from him dated 1542 in the state archives testifies.
Addendum to the letters from 1531 to 1536.
Speratus judges that Krautwald is the author of the work. He tells them what rumors are being spread about them, namely that no one can judge less than Philip, no one has such a weak mind as Martinus, and Jonas is in error as a simple-minded man. For the sake of the prince, for whom he fears, he asks for an answer about the work. - He sends several pieces of booty that someone who served in the army against the Turks gave him as a gift.
The original concept is at Königsberg in the State Archives. Printed by Tschackert, on Luther's correspondence, in Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, XI, 302 and in Erl. Briefw., vol. X, p. 67.
No. 2077b.