A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §171

Decem Theses II: Two Imperial exemplars — Wittenberg 1531 and augmented 1540/41 to Ferdinand at Naumburg 1561

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II. Properly speaking, two exemplars have been acknowledged and presented by the Electors, Princes, and Imperial Estates, and they stand in Luther's and Melanchthon's writings and in the Imperial Acts.

The earlier was printed at Wittenberg in 1531; the later, enlarged in 1540 and 1541, was sent with the earlier one to Emperor Ferdinand I at Naumburg in 1561 — and to this day nothing has been added to it or taken from it.

Latin

II. Duo interim Exemplaria propriè loquendô ab Electoribus, Principibus & Statibus Imperii agnita & exhibita sunt, inque scriptis Lutheri & Melanchthonis & Actis Imperii reperiunda: Prius Wittenbergae An. 31. impressum; Posterius An. 40. & 41. auctum Caesarique Ferdinando I. unà cum priori, An. 1561. Naumburgô transmissum, cui ad hanc usq; diem nihil additum ademptumque fuit.

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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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