[261] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 11, p. 251 ff.; Erl. ed., 22, p. 68: “The spiritual government which makes people Christians and holy,” etc.
[262] “Kirchenrecht,” 1892, pp. 528, 633 f.
[263] Hermelink, p. 322.
[264] Cp. Luther’s Memorandum for the Town Council of Altenburg (April 28, 1522), “Briefwechsel,” 3, p. 347 ff. “For Scripture does not give to a council but to each individual Christian the authority to decide on doctrine and discern the wolves,” etc.
[265] Hermelink, p. 309.
[266] “Briefwechsel,” 3, p. 349.
[267] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 7, p. 721.
[268] Ibid., p. 720.
[269] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 7, 10, 2, p. 33.
[270] Cp. the addresses, “To the Christians at Wittenberg,” “To the Christians at Augsburg,” and similar ones to those at Dorpat, in Flanders, in Holland, in Livonia, at Miltenberg, at Reval, at Riga, at Worms, at Antwerp, at Bremen, at Reutlingen, at Strasburg, etc.