Melanchthon hopes for a happy conclusion to Saxony's affairs with King Ferdinand, reports the arrival of the Englishman Antonius in Jena, and of the results of an Anabaptist examination.
From the Cod. Mehn. III, p. 94b, in Corp. Ref. Vol. II, 1005.
To Doctor Martin Luther.
We hope that the affairs of the Prince with King Ferdinand are aligned, because Franz 6) wrote extremely pleasant things in the last letter. The Prince wrote the same to Brück. I have, however, seen Faber's intrigues; but I will hear [more] 7) from Franz, for we expect the Prince's arrival today. Antonius, the Englishman, has come here, but I have not yet greeted him, for I am just returning from an examination of the Anabaptists. We discussed five articles. For they hold that there is no sin in little children; that Christians are not permitted to administer an office of authority or to take an oath; they teach that all goods are common; they deny that a marriage is between an Anabaptist and a non-Anabaptist. These gross things I have drawn out, that they might be convicted. Be well. Greetings in my name to your honorable wife, D. Jonas and D. Pommer. Jena, on the day of Nicolai [Dec. 6] 1535.
To Jonas I will write next about the matter of Antonius Musa.
No. 2198.