FOOTNOTES
[1] For this translation see Vol. I, p. 222, note 1.
[2] The law that we have outside of divine revelation. C.f. Rom. 2:15.
[3] The possessor of these letters (Himmels-und Teuelsbriefe) was thought to be under the special protection of the spirits.
[4] Magical formulas.
[5] Practices popularly ascribed to the witches.
[6] See below, p. 364, note 1.
[7] Luther believed, with the mediæval Church, that the lending of money at interest was a sin. See above pp. 159 ff., and Weimar Ed., XXV, 293 ff.
[8] i. e., In the confession made to the priest. See Vol. I, p. 285, and Introduction, above, p. 351.
[9] C. Vol. I, pp. 58, 285.
[10] In the manuals for confession with which Luther was familiar sins were divided into the various classes mentioned here. C. Vol. I, pp. 90 ff.; Gecken, Der Bilderkatechismus des XV Jhs., and especially v. Zezschwitz, II, 197 ff.
[11] Serm., 96, 2; Migne, XXVIII, 585.
[12] Cf. Vol. I, p. 187.
[13] See above, p. 355.
[14] Luther has here departed from the customary Roman division of the Creed into twelve articles.
[15] Gemein.
[16] Gemeine.
[17] Christenheit, cf. Vol. I, p. 338.
[18] Kirche.
[19] In the catechisms of 1529 Luther abandons this interpretation of the bread.
[20] i. e. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.