Concerns that in the Rochlitz district, where elevation had been abolished for years, it should not be reintroduced.
Seckendorf (Hist. Luth. lib. III, p. 498) found the original in Luther's hand in the archives at Weimar, Registrande N LL No. 199 at fol. 405. Now either the original or a deceptively similar replica of it is said to be in private possession. Printed by Seidemann, Lutherbriefe, p. 75.
With the elevation in the Rochlitz circle we pay attention, so should be proceeded (furen). Because such a ceremony is freely recognized, and the Christian faith (where otherwise no evil addition occurs) is no driving in this: so let lie what has fallen. If the other falls afterwards, then it may also lie. But it should not be removed, unless there is some special need, which, since there is nothing in itself, is not easy to assume.
God's commandment is to be kept, for there is power in it. Martin Luther, D.
Johannes Bugenhagen, Pomer, D.
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