[121] See article “[Ephrata].”
[122] It appears that there was also extemporaneous prayer during the exercises.
[123] Why is not Schwenkfeld spoken of by the title von Ossing? We read of Ulrich von Hütten, German scholar and reformer.
[124] In using the name Schwenkfeld, I have abbreviated it a little, giving it as it is in the New American Cyclopædia, which calls him, however, Von Schwenkfeld. The Cyclopædia, in speaking of his writings, some ninety treatises, says that they are regarded as one of the most valuable sources of the history of the Reformation.
[125] A copy of this volume has been deposited for reference in the library of the German Society, Philadelphia.
[126] That portion of Silesia which was the home of the Schwenkfelders lies east of Saxony, the home of Count Zinzendorf. It, or the greater part of it, was conquered by Frederick the Great, and added to Prussia.
[127] The clergy, die Gelehrten.
[128] Erläuterung.—Schwenkfeld appears to have abstained from the sacraments for a great part of his life,—from the outward forms, at least, if we may add the expression.
[129] The three folios before spoken of in this article were published within ten years after his death, and it seems possible that the place of printing was omitted on account of the opposition to his works.
[130] In the New American Cyclopædia Schwenkfeld is said to have differed from Luther and others upon the deification of the body Christ. In the latter part of this essay this point is spoken of again.