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Mayor and Council of Reutlingen to Luther.

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Mayor and Council of Reutlingen to Luther.

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(Regest.)

He acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Luther, dated May 29, 1536,2) and testifies his

1) Camerarius.

2) This letter does not exist. On the same day, Luther also wrote to Strasbourg and Augsburg.

Letters from the year 1536. No. 2286a. 2287. 2288.

Rejoicing over the coming into being of the Concordia. Private and general absolution had always remained in practice, but the confession exam had not been held as diligently as it should have been, but it should be diligently practiced again by the preachers and the people should be exhorted to it from the pulpit.

From a copy in the Strasbourg city archives printed in Kolde, Analecta, p. 262.

No. 2287.