A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §209

Annotatio III §.III open: Third Consociation attempt FRANCOFURTANUM — after Luther’s death, Melanchthon still living; Estates and Otto Henry call twenty-five theologians (1557–1558)

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§. III. The third Consociation attempt of this Reformation century is the Frankfurt one.

It came after Luther’s death, while Melanchthon was still alive — in 1557 and 1558 — undertaken by the Imperial Estates and their leader, Otto Henry the Palatine.

Twenty-five theologians were called to Frankfurt; among them Johann Pistorius, Andreas Hyperius, and Nicolaus Rhodingus, Marburg professors commonly counted as rigid Calvinists.

Latin

§. III. Tertium, hujus, i. e. Reformationis Seculi, Molimen, FRANCOFURTANUM est, post fata Lutheri, Melanchthone tamen adhuc superstite, annis 1557. & 1558., ab ipsis Imperii Statibus & horum Antefignano, Ottone Henrico Palatino, susceptum, evocatis Francofurtum, 25. Theologis, hosque inter Joh. Pistorio, Andrea Hypperio, & Nicolao Rhodingo, Professoribus Marpurgensibus, rigidis vulgò habitis Calvinistis.

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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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