[816] Cp. Möhler, p. 139.
[817] Köstlin-Kawerau, 1, p. 275.
[818] James ii. 22, 24, 26. 2 Peter i. 10. On Luther’s later denial of the inspiration of the Epistle of St. James, see volume iv., xxviii. 2. In this he made no account of the critical proof of the traditional ascription of this Epistle, but considered it merely from his own subjective point of view.
[819] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 145 ff.
[820] Letter of 1516, probably September, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 55.
[821] As Enders thinks, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 58.
[822] See Feustking, “Das Leben des ersten verehelichten evangelischen Predigers B. Bernhardi.” As Enders rightly remarks, he was not really the “first married preacher”; this honour belonging to Jakob Seydler.
[823] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 228. “Opp. Lat. var.,” 1, p. 321.
[824] Letter of September 4, 1517, to Johann Lang, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 106.
[825] Letter of September 11, 1517, to Christoph Scheurl. Ibid., p. 109.