[71] “Luthers Anschauung vom Staate und der Gesellschaft” (“Schriften des Vereins für Reformationsgesch.”), 1901, p. 25. Elsewhere Luther speaks otherwise. We must remember that in the above writing he has in mind chiefly the Catholic authorities who were opposing the new Evangel.
[72] Ibid.
[73] “Werke,” Erl. ed., 46, p. 183.
[74] Ibid., p. 185.
[75] Brandenburg, p. 24, from “Werke,” Erl. ed., 39, p. 257. Commentary on Psalm lxxxii.
[76] “Zeitschr. für KG.,” 29, 1908, p. 267 ff., 479 ff.
[77] “Studien und Skizzen zur Gesch. der Reformationszeit,” 1874, p. 344 f.
[78] On the development of Luther’s idea of the Church, see vol. vi., xxxviii., 3 and 4. On the shaping of the relations between Church and State by Luther, see vol. v., xxxv., 2.
[79] “Werke,” Erl. ed., 53, p. 331 (“Briefwechsel,” 5, p. 259).
[80] On November 30, 1525, “Werke,” Erl. ed., 53, p. 337 (“Briefwechsel,” 5, p. 277 ff.).