A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §204

Annotatio III §.II: Second Consociation attempt ranked WITTENBERGENSE — Formula explains Coena consensus; eleven Reformed and six Lutheran subscribers; almost Interim-like pending wider approval

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On that account I rank this second Consociation attempt higher — the Wittenberg one — because of the Wittenberg Formula of Concord, which even spells out agreement on the doctrine of the Supper.

Eleven Reformed and six Lutheran theologians subscribed it; read it in Chytraeus, pp. 680–681.

Call it almost Interim-like if you like: those theologians (Chytraeus’s words) would not finish the Concord until they had also referred it to the other theologians and magistrates for their approval.

Latin

Perfectius eo nomine reputandum duco Molimen hoc Consociationis Secundum, WITTENBERGENSE, ob Formulam Concordiae Wittenbergensem, etiam Consensum in Dogmate de Coena explicantem, ab undecim Reformatae, & sex Lutheranae partis Theologis subscriptam, legendamque apud Chytraeum pag. 680. 681.; Utut Interimisticum quasi dicendum, quòd Concordiam illam (sunt verba Chytraei) non concludere omninò voluerint dicti Theologi, priusquam ad caeteros etiam Theologos & Magistratus, eam, ceu ab his quoque approbandam, retulissent.

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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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