Luther, vol. 4 of 6

by Hartmann Grisar

[1623] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 369, Thesis 16.

[1624] Cp. “Opp. lat. exeg.,” 9, p. 360; 10, p. 159; 11, p. 121.

[1625] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 16, p. 397; Erl. ed., 36, p. 6 f.

[1626] To Spalatin, Oct. 16, 1516, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 64: “qui (Augustinus) apud me, antequam in libros eius incidissem, ne tantillum quidem favoris habuit.” Other Augustinians made more account of this Saint, popularly regarded as their founder.

[1627] Cp. Köstlin-Kawerau, 1, pp. 75, 109 f.

[1628] Ibid., p. 127.

[1629] “Stud. und Krit.,” 1878, p. 698; Köstlin-Kawerau, 1, p. 134.

[1630] “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 100: “Theologia nostra et S. Augustinus prospere procedunt,” etc.

[1631] Köstlin-Kawerau, 1, p. 137; here it is first stated: “Luther’s theology was regarded by him and his friends as simply that of the great Father Augustine.”

[1632] Ibid., p. 138.