May the Lord have respect for your bishop* and keep him long for us. Your colleagues will teach you what is necessary for your ordination as priest/ as far as ceremonies go; my German homily* has something to say about the spirit of the faith, to which will be added another sermon by me on the use of the mass/ For in the mass no distinction ought to be made between priest and layman; there is one bread, one faith, one communion, only the priest is the minister, the layman is not. More of this elsewhere. Now farewell and pray for me as you do.
Yours,
Martin Luthejl
250. MELANCHTHON TO JOHN HESS AT BRESLAU. Corpus Reformaiorum, i. 155. April 27,' 1520.
. . . Luther is too busy at this time to write anything on the prophets, but I hope, when he has finished some of his work, unless God shall tear him from us, that he will be moved to write a commentary on Genesis or Isaiah. Genesis is more difficult than Isaiah, as I, who am now busy with it, know. . . .
251. CROTUS RUBEANUS TO LUTHER Enders, ii. 386. Bamberg, April 28, 1520.
Having returned safe from Italy, I have been entertained here by the noble Fuchses,* who are great admirers of yours. A little later my friend Hutten came hither, although we had no plan to meet, but, I am firmly persuaded, at the summons of Christ, who, because he rejoices in no sacrifice as much as in mutual love between men, thus unexpectedly brought friends together. When then we celebrated Easter^ together, and sang: "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it,"® our services were interrupted
ijohn VI. Ton Thurzo, BUhop 1506 to August 2, 1520.
sHeM was about to be ordained priest, as he was, on June 2.
^Sermon vom hochwurdigen Sacrament, Weimar, ii. 738.
- Sermon von dem neuen Testament, d. i. von der keiligen Messe, Weimar, vi.
349. August, 1520.
sniifl is dated "April 17," but the 27th is the more likely date. Cf. Luthers IVtrke, ed. O. Clemen, i. 299.
- James and Andrew Fuchs, cf, supra, no. 186.
TApril 8.
- Psa]m cxriii. 24.
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