Luther asks him to either reconcile or divorce two spouses.
The original is in the archive at Dessau. Handwritten in Cod. Jen. a, fol. 261. Printed by Buddeus, p. 238 and by De Wette, vol. IV, p. 464. German by Walch, vol. XXI, 1252.
To the man to be highly honored in Christ, Magister Georg Spalatin, the servant of the church at Altenburg and servant of Christ, his brother who is exceedingly dear to the Lord.
Grace and peace! I beg you for Christ's sake, my dear Spalatin, that you take up the matter of this George, and at the same time [with him] summon his wife of Schneeberg to you, and after you have heard both parties, either reconcile them again, or divorce them; or, if this should be too burdensome, that you let what has been heard and acted upon reach us through him, carefully written out. For this long lasting trouble is not to be borne.
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