[107] i. e.. Promises to bestow on certain persons livings not yet vacant. Complaint of the evils arising out of the practice was continually heard from the year 1416. For the complaints made at Worms (1521), see Wrede, op. cit., II, 710.
[108] See above, pp. 86 f.
[109] See above, pp. 92 f.
[110] See above, p. 93.
[111] See above, p. 89.
[112] Rules for the transaction of papal business, including such matters as appointments and the like. At Worms (1521) the Estates complain that these rules are made to the advantage of the "courtesans" and the disadvantage of the Germans. (Wrede, op. cit., II, pp. 675 f.)
[113] The local Church authorities, here equivalent to "the bishops." On use of term see Realencyk., XIV, 424.
[114] The sign of the episcopal office; as regards archbishops, the pallium; see above, p. 8q, and note.
[115] See above, p. 87, note 1.
[116] The first of the ecumenical councils (A. D. 325). The decree to which Luther here refers is canon IV of that Council. Cf. Köhler, L. und die Kg., pp. 139 ff.