Complete Luther Library

To Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Bishop of Naumburg.

Volume 21b from the one-column St. Louis Edition English DOCX texts, reformatted for mobile reading on Last Christian Ministries.

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Volume 21b

To Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Bishop of Naumburg.

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See St. Louis edition, vol. XVII, 1446, no. 1444.

No. 2909.

To Anton Lauterbach, pastor in Pirna.

About the war between the Elector and Duke Moritz; about the chancellor Pistorius.

Handwritten in Aurifaber, vol. III, p. 373. Printed in Schütze, vol. I, p. 203 and in De Wette, vol. V, p. 464. German in Walch, vol. XXI, 1488.

1) Inserted by us for ease of understanding.

2) "invented" put by us instead of: "invent".

Grace and peace in the Lord! This treacherous and unruly war, which would have been quite patricidal if it had continued as it had begun, has also made us weary. 3) God has heard the prayer of the Church, who may also repay the authors according to their works, undertakings and plans, so that their joy may be turned into sadness, just as our sadness is turned into joy. And Christ has in truth adorned and rehearsed this paschal season with a new death and a new resurrection.

No. 2910.