Luther sends the petition of the convent virgins in Plötzkau and recommends the same.
The original is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. Kk, pag. 135. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 263.
1) In the editions, he is called "Beybringer" here, but he is called, as we see from a letter to Hans von Sternberg (Erl. Briefw., Vol. VIII, p. 279): "Weybringer". Walch took "Beybringer" as an appellative.
2) "let" put by us instead of: "lets".
Grace and peace in Christ. Most Serene, Highborn Prince, Most Gracious Lord! I had to send to E. C. F. G. what the virgins in the monastery of Plötzke wrote to me, because I have nowhere else to go. E. C. F. G. will well know how to find advice in this. May the merciful God help E. C. F. G. and all of us, amen. For the wretched devil gives us a lot of trouble in church matters and would like to return to the papacy or force a new papacy and bring it about, so shamefully do the peasants, nobility and citizens take a stand on the matter. Hereby commanded by God. Thursday after Assumptionis [Aug. 17] 1536.
E. C. F. G. subordinate Martin Luther, D.
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