Ludwig Klöppel von Elkershausen, owner of the Compturhof zu Dommitsch, from which farm the parish of Kreischau is in fief, had appointed Hausmann 5) as pastor and presented him as such. The electoral confirmation for Hausmann took place from Torgau on April 30 and is signed by the chancellor D. Melchior von Ossa.
Printed in the "Fortgesetzten Sammlung von Alten und Neuen Theologischen Sachen," 1735, p. 539 and in Seidemann's "Lutherbriefe," p. 66 f.
We, the pastors and preachers of the churches at Witteuberg, confess that after the witness of these writings, Balthasar Hausmann of Belgran, brought testimony that he was called to the pastorate at Kreuschaw and was of honest, Christian morals, and we requested that he be interrogated and ordained, so we have diligently tried him.
3) We have adopted De Wette's Conjectur: sicut ortum instead of: sortitum.
4) This translation of: De Pistorio comrnunicato is justified by comparison with the letter to Lauterbach of May 7, 1542 (No. 2918), since it can be inferred from the same that Pistorius also communicated "under both forms". - Walch offers: "What I should think of the pastor of whom you write" 2c.
5) Seidemann offers "Hauswald" here.
Letters from the year 1542. no. 2910. 2911. 2912.
and found that he has good sense in pure Christian truth of the Gospel. He has also promised to carry out his ministry diligently and to remain steadfast in the Christian truth of the Gospel, as it is confessed and taught in our churches by God's grace in harmony with the true, Catholic Church of Christ. For this reason, Balthasar Hausmann is publicly ordained here in the church according to the command of the Holy Scriptures, and he is commanded to preach the Holy Gospel and to administer the Holy Sacraments as he is called. And ask our Lord Christ to grant him his grace and Holy Spirit, so that he may serve for God's glory and the blessedness of the churches. Since he will also need counsel and instruction, we urge the worthy pastor of Torga, Superintendent, to take care of this Balthazar's learning and manners, and to instruct him Christianly. We also order this, 1) Balthafar, that he should request this, Mr. Superintendent conducive, and show him this our writing. Date Wittenberg, au, 19. day Aprilis A. 1542.
Pastor Ecclesiae Witebergensis et ceteri Ministri Evangelii in eadem Ecclesia, Martinus Luther, D.
Sebastianus Froschel, Vice Pastor. Andreas Hiigel, M.
Fridericus Bachofen, M.
No. 2911.