About the dispute between the preachers at Saalfeld.
Handwritten at Wolfenbüttel in Cod. Gud. From the Börner collection at Leipzig in Schütze, Vol. III, p. 102 and in De Wette, Vol. V, p. 183.
To the man to be highly honored in Christ, Mr. Justus Menius, Bishop of the Churches in Thuringia, his brother who is exceedingly dear to the Lord.
Grace and peace in Christ! It would not have been necessary, my dear Justus, to write to me about the harmony that has been established between Aquila and Jacob. For what you do according to your office, you do without me. For I have more and enough to do elsewhere, and I like to stop writing letters, since I am old and sluggish and busy. Therefore, I am glad that they have made up. May Christ keep peace for ever and ever, amen. In Him you are well. Thursday after Pentecost [May 29] 1539, at Wittenberg.
Your Martin Luther.
No. 2539.