The letter No. 2198 is to be transferred here, because, as we can see from the Erl. Briefw., vol. X, p. 248, the date is not "Luciä" but "Lucä", which the manuscripts testify. In addition, at Jena in Cod. Bos. 9. 24 k. f. 215 in the Rörersche Nachschrift the speech, which Luther held 4. post Lucae i. e. 20. Oot. occasionally the ordination of a preacher called to Gotha. - The date, which the Erlangen correspondence has, "24. October", will be a printing error.
No. 2183b.
The preachers at Frankfurt a. M. to Luther.
(Regest.)
They inform Luther that after preaching the gospel for eleven years, the city council has finally decided to prohibit the mass. The Bishop of Mainz and the Imperial Chamber Court are agitated by this, raging and raging and threatening the city with extreme evil if the mass is not restored. The council seems to be wavering. Therefore, they ask Luther to advise them on what they should do in this matter.
Handwritten in the Frankfurt City Archives, MG. 6. 11 (12). Lit. K. (a copy made for the council). Printed in Erl. Briefw., vol. X, p. 249.
No. 2184.