A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §151

§.XII continue: Johann Sigismund & successors bound by oath to AC 1530 as chief Brandenburg symbol — Crocius

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For the rest, Johann Sigismund and his successors have bound themselves by various declarations, and their theologians through the Frankfurt theological faculty statutes, by solemn oath, to the Augsburg Confession shown to Charles V in 1530 and later more fully set out — as the chief symbolic book of the Brandenburg lands — and have devoted themselves to it with their whole heart.

See Crocius, Comment on A.C. Society, part 1 entire, pp. 1–30.

Latin

Cùm ceterà, tàm ipse Joh. Sigismundus, quàm ejus Successores, tum semetipsos Declarationibus variis, tùm Theologos suos, per Statuta etiam Facultatis Theologicae Francofurtensis, solenni juramento, ad August. Conf. Carolo V. Anno 1530. exhibitam, ac deinceps prolixius expositam, ceu ad praecipuum Regionum Brandenburgicarum Librum Symbolicum, seriò severéque obligaverint, totóque pectore addixerint. Vid. Joh. Crocium Comment. de A. C. Societate parte 1. integra, à pag. 1. ad 30.;

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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