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Christian III of Denmark to Luther.

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Volume 21b

Christian III of Denmark to Luther.

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(Regest.)

The king asks Luthern to pursue Bugenhagen's resettlement in Denmark. His preachers had written a church order and submitted it to him for review, which he sent to Luthern for his perusal, referring to the controversial question among his German preachers as to whether the Lord's Supper should be served immediately or only after proper instruction in both forms.

From the Cod. chart. bibl. rigens., No. 244, fol. 91, communicated by D. Waltz, Zeitschr. für Kirchengesch., II, 301. The above regest in Kolde, Analecta, p. 304.

1) The nun was a widower of the sex (Sagittarius).

Letters from the year 1537. no. 2357. 2358. 2359.2169

No. 2357.