See St. Louis edition, vol. XXII, 1777, no. 368. - There, this letter from Lauterbach's diary with the heading: "Mag. Nicolaus Hausmann's letter to the Bishop of Meissen", dated October 28, 1538. But according to the testimony of Rebenstock, tom. II, lol. 241 b (wrong 141 b), and the Hall manuscript, Bindseil, CoIIoquia, tom. III, p. 291, this letter is "written by Luther under the name and title of Caspar Zeuner, appointed pastor at Freiberg." Rebenstock has no year, Bindseil: Then follows with both: "A letter of the same content to the bishop of Meissen written by D. M. Luther under the name of Nicolaus Hausmann, appointed pastor of Freiberg in 1538. year." No date. German in Bindseil; Latin in Rebenstock. We consider the Latin to be the original. (Against Bindseil and Seidemann.) Seidemann, "Lutherbriefe," p. 49, lets Hausmann's letter be written "in August 1538," and places Hausmann's death on September 1. In contrast, see our note to No. 2490. - In addition to this letter, we have also considered Hausmann's to be superfluous.
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