A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §303

Annotatio VI §.I: Recognized Fraternity — Marburg/Rinteln/Cassel; Sendomir; Reformeds profess; Lutherans held by fear of schism

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So there is no doubt: the Reformed once recognized fraternity with these Lutherans — in Germany at Cassel among Marburgers and Rintelners, and in Poland at Sendomir among Augsburg, Bohemian, and Helvetic confessionists.

They still openly profess that Christian fraternity with such Lutherans.

These Lutherans have joined heart and mind to the Reformed in brotherly love, even if more secretly — held back from an external profession by fear of schism with the rest of their own.

Latin

Unde dubium non est, quòd sicuti Reformatis agnita quondam Lutheranorum horum secum inita Fraternitas, tùm in Germania inter Marpurgenses & Rintelenses, Cassellis, tùm in Polonia inter Augustana, Bohemica & Helvetica Confessionis, Sendomiriae est; Reformati etiam hodieque, ut semper aliàs, cum hujusmodi Lutheranis Fraternitatem Christianam sibi intercedere apertè profitentur; Ita non minus Lutheranos hos, corda animosque suos, cum Reformatis fraterno amore, etsi occultius conjunxisse, ab externa licèt Fraternitatis professione, metu Schismatis, quô reliqui Lutherani à se scinderentur, cohibiti.

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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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