[1091] Reprinted in the “Symb. Bücher,” p. 73 ff. Cp. Kolde’s Introduction, p. xl. f.
[1092] Döllinger, ibid., p. 281.
[1093] “Briefwechsel Luthers,” 9, p. 18 ff. “Corp. ref.,” 2, p. 501.
[1094] Kolde, ibid., p. xxi., on the Latin edition which appeared at the end of April or the beginning of May, being followed by the German edition (probably) in the autumn.
[1095] “Symb. Bücher,” p. 45. The Latin text runs: “Tota hæc causa habet testimonia patrum. Nam Augustinus multis voluminibus defendit gratiam et iustitiam fidei contra merita operum. Et similia docet Ambrosius.... Quamquam autem haec doctrina (iustificationis) contemnitur ab imperitis, tamen experiuntur piæ ac pavidæ conscientiæ plurimam eam consolationis afferre.”
[1096] In the letter to Brenz mentioned above.
[1097] Cp. the passages, “Symb. Bücher,” pp. 92, 104, 151, 218. On p. 104 in the article De iustificatione he quotes Augustine, De spir. et litt., in support of Luther’s interpretation of Paul’s doctrine of Justification. On p. 218 he foists this assertion on the Catholics, “homines sine Spiritu Sancto posse ... mereri gratiam et iustificationem operibus,” and says, that this was refuted by Augustine, “cuius sententiam supra in articulo de iustificatione recitavimus.”
[1098] “Corp. ref.,” 2, p. 173; cp. p. 169.
[1099] G. Kawerau, “Die Versuche Melanchthon zur kath. Kirche zurückzuführen,” 1902, “Schriften des Vereins für RG.,” xix. 3.
[1100] On January 28, 1538. Kawerau, ibid., p. 44. Cp. G. Ellinger, “Philipp Melanchthon,” Berlin, 1902, pp. 362 ff., 598.