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A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §201

Annotatio III §.I close: Luther calls Zwinglians heretics; Zwingli weeps for Wittenberg unity; spiritual presence offered — stop before §.II Bucer/Wittenberg

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Worse: Luther called the Zwinglians heretics — Epistle 103 in Buddeus’s Supplement, p. 105, to Jakob Probst, Licentiate of Theology: they were treated most unfairly in being denied the name of brothers and forced to leave as heretics, yet so that peace might hold for a time by mutual writings, if God should open their heart.

On that footing Luther became the first author of the Protestant schism — and the more out of season, the more carefully the other side had sought Concord, as Luther himself admits in Epistles 98 and 123 in Buddeus.

He records that Zwingli, weeping openly before the Landgrave and the Estates, begged and cried out: there are no people on earth with whom I would rather be one than with the Wittenbergers (p. 105).

And again: the Zwinglians had promised they would say with the Lutherans that Christ’s body is truly present in the Supper, but only spiritually — if only they might be called brothers. Same place.

Latin

Quin Haereticos Zwinglianos appellavit, in Epistola 103. Buddei Supplementi pag. 105. scribens Jacobo Probstio Theologiae Licentiato, his inter cetera, verbis: Indignissimè affecti sunt Zwingliani, quod Fratrum nomen non potuerunt obtinere, sed pro haereticis discedere cogerentur, tamen sic, ut pacem interim haberemus mutuis scriptis, si fortè Deus illis aperuerit Cor. Hôc pacto Schismatis Protestantici primus Autor, Lutherus; tantò intempestivè magis, quantò studiosius altera pars concordiam quaesivit, ipso fatente Luthero, Epist. 98. & 123. apud Buddeum, quando scribit: Zwinglium palam lacrymantem coram Landgravio & Ordinibus rogasse inque haec verba erupisse: Es seynd keine Leut auff Erden / mit denen ich lieber wolte Eines seyn / dann mit den Wittenbergern pag. 105. Iterumque: Zwinglianos promisisse, se velle cum Lutheranis dicere, Christi Corpus veraciter esse in Coena praesens, sed spiritualiter tantum, ut eos fratres dignaremur appellare. Ibidem.

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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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