A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §299

Annotatio VI §.I Prior Class: Genuine Luther disciples admitting Melanchthon’s varied Augsburg Confession (Art. X)

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The prior class, on his account, has as disputants Luther’s genuine disciples.

They admit Melanchthon’s milder, declared and explained Augsburg Confession — even Article X on the Sacred Supper — if not from the start, then afterward (see Annot. I. §.6).

Latin

Prior Classis juxta Autorem nostrum, Disputatores habet genuinos Lutheri, (puta placidioris, fidissimi charissimique Symmystae sui Philippi Melanchtonis variatam i. e. declaratam explicatamque August. Confessionem, etiam quod ad Xmum Articul. de Coena Sacra attinet,) si non à priori, à posteriori tamen, admittentis & approbantis, discipulos, vid. Annot. I. §.6.

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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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