Concerningprivatecommunion.
Lauterbach, Bishop at As to administeringthe sacrament to the sick, dear Anton, you can read that for yourself in our Service,which you know so well.
I wish privatecommunion were completelydone away with everywhere,and that the peopleshould be told in the preachingto communicate three or four times a year, to partake of the consolations of the gospel,and fallasleepwhenever
For this administration of the sacrament will,with time, become impossible, especially during the plague. And it is not seemlythat the Church should serve the peoplewith the communion as a servant waits upon her master, especially those who have so long despisedit,and then demand it at the end from her, whom they have never served.
But till this matter is settled,do the best you can.Meantime onlydispenseit to the sick people,but let it thoroughlybe understood that it will not continue.
For we must soon come to an arrangement in this matter.
Kathie wishes the carved house door made accordingto the measurements sent.
The master will take the length and breadth himself.
She wishes no other door.
Luther announces he will preach at Mackenrothen's beloved wife,at Date disputed, as it seems unlikely the gospelshould never have been preached in this
Catholic priest preachedthe gospelin Lower 1526 is a more probabledate.
I see from your letter how earnestly your burdened conscience longsfor a gospelsermon of consolation,and that you wish to hear for once such a sermon in your
I am delighted to hear this,and have now resolved God grantingme life and health God's help,preachthe first Evangelical sermon at Rossla as a remembrance for you all.
Greet your husband and the littleMargaretta, for whom I shall bring something. I commit you to Luther giveshis opinionof the Church
Constitution compiled by Buchholzer on the introduction of the Grace and peace in Christ,and my poor paternoster, High-born Prince,most graciousLord
Highnessesembassy with great pleasure,and thank the Father of all grace, and pray earnestlythat the dear God may graciously perfectHis good work in you to His honour and glory.
Satan will try to hinder the good work, which he has alreadyattemptedwith us.
I am delightedwith your Highnessesprefaceto the aforesaid document, but there is one point I objectto, viz. about processions, extreme unction,and the sacrament, upon which I have givenmy opinionto your
To carry the sacrament in one kind in the procession is only mocking God, for,as you know, it is only a half " indeed no sacrament.
But should it be carried about in both kinds, that is still worse, and will give the Papistsoccasion for ridicule.
I humbly request that, as your Highness has so far defied the devil in these grand articles, you would let those minor matters rest, so that the devil may not make a laughing-stock of the whole
We might permit extreme unction and