About Melanchthon's doctrinal deviations, which then led to the dispute with Conrad Cordatus.
In a note to Cruciger's letter to Cordatus of Sept. 10, 1536, from the Wolfenbüttel Cod. 11. 10. 602 in Corp. Ref., vol. III, 162. A regest in Kolde, Analecta, p. 264. The addressee is not explicitly named in Corp. Ref.
Behold, my venerable Father in Christ, the judgment of D. Tridensis and the writings that Aepinus sent me, to which he refers, as he himself writes, that they will soon be read by the Wittenbergers. While Philip is absent, I send them to you. Here it is said that at Wittenberg contradictory things are taught. The one in the school insists fiercely and beyond measure that works are necessary for eternal life, but you, in the same week and on Sunday in church, according to your godly spirit, have taught about regeneration: a child in its mother's womb does nothing or works nothing, but only suffers and is formed 2c. This troubles our people very much and certainly also troubles me. Our adversaries in this city take courage against us and make trouble and work for me, because this fact itself persuades the people that they must return to their godless teachings and leave the gospel. Here I need your advice, and ask, and ask again for the same. Here the rumor has arrived that the pope has become a Lutheran because he preaches twice a week, and so do some cardinals. But these are trivial things. "The devil is too strong there, he does not let them, together with his own, come so much." The Bishop of Cologne, with his head covered with berries and a beard, dressed as a hunter, soon comes as a cavalryman to visit the Margrave in Berlin. What this is all about, I do not know. Farewell. Sept. 14, 1536, your Amsdorf.
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