Luther sends him the Wittenberg Concord. From the letters of Zwingli and Oecolampad.
From a Weimar manuscript in StrobeI-Ranner, p. 256 and in De Wette, Vol. V, p.,2.
To the highly esteemed and worthy Mr. Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Licentiate of Theology, his brother who is extremely dear to the Lord.
Grace and peace in the Lord! I am sending you, my dear Amsdorf, what we did in our meeting, and at the same time I ask you to communicate this to others, especially to the pastors of larger cities, on whatever occasion you can, and to write your and their judgment about it here, if you can.
That book of Bibliander or the letters 1) has been published against the will of those who were here, and they are unwilling about it. For the churches of the Swiss are not yet in this matter of concord, although those have good hope and say that the commonwealths and the people are tired and weary of this discord, and wish that a concord be established. May God bless you according to His goodness, amen. I wrote this when I was tired of a sermon; more at another time. Fare well in the Lord. On the second day of Pentecost [June 5] 1536.
No. 2245a.