Subscriptions to the Smalcald Articles

p. 337 him, and may be under him hereafter, the superiority over bishops which he has in other respects could be allowed to him, according to human right, also by us.

John Agricola of Eisleben subscribed.

Gabriel Didymus subscribed.

I, DR. URBAN RHEGIUS, Superintendent of the churches in the Duchy of Lüneburg, subscribe my name and the names of my brethren, and of the Church of Hanover.

I, STEPHEN AGRICOLA, Minister at Hof, subscribe.

Also I, JOHN DRACONITES, Professor and Minister at Marburg.

I, CONRAD FIGENBOTZ, for the glory of God subscribe that I have thus believed, and am still preaching and firmly believing as above.

I, ANDREW ÖSIANDER of Nürnberg, subscribe.

I, M. VEIT DIETERICH, Minister at Nürnberg, subscribe.

I, ERHARD SCHNEPF, Preacher at Stuttgart, subscribe.

CONRAD OETINGER, Preacher of Duke Ulrich at Pforzheim.

SIMON SCHNEEWEIS, Pastor of the Church at Crailsheim.

I, JOHN SCHLAINHAUFFEN, Pastor of the Church at Koethen, subscribe.

M. GEORGE HELT of Forchheim.

M. ADAM of Fulda and M. ANTHONY CORVINUS, Preachers in Hesse.

I, JOHN BUGENHAGEN, POMERANUS,¹ Doctor, again subscribe in the name of M. JOHN BRENTZ, as on departing from Smalcald he directed me orally and by a letter which I have shown to these brethren who have subscribed.

¹ Native of Pomerania.

I, DIONYSIUS MELANDER, subscribe to the Confession, the Apology, and the Concordia on the subject of the Eucharist.

PAUL RHODIUS, Superintendent of Stettin.

GERARD OENIKEN, Superintendent of the Church at Minden.

I, BRIXIUS NORTHANUS, Minister of the Church of Christ which is at Soest, subscribe to the Articles of the reverend Father, Martin Luther, and confess that hitherto I have thus believed and taught, and by the Spirit I will continue thus to believe and teach.

MICHAEL COELIUS, Preacher at Mansfeldt, subscribed.

M. PETER GELTNER, Preacher at Frankfort, subscribed.

WENDAL FABER, Pastor of Seeburg in Mansfeldt.

I, JOHN ÆPINUS, subscribe.

Likewise, I, JOHN AMSTERDAM² of Bremen.

² John Timann, native of Amsterdam and pastor of St. Martin’s, Bremen.

p. 338 I, FREDERICK MYCONIUS, Pastor of the Church at Gotha in Thuringia, subscribe in my own name, and in that of JUSTUS MENIUS of Eisenach.

I, JOHN LANG, D., and Preacher of the Church at Erfurt, in my own name, and in that of my other co-workers in the Gospel, viz.:

Licentiate LUDWIG PLATZ of Melsungen.

M. SIGISMUND KIRCHNER.

M. WOLFGANG KISMETTER.

M. MELCHIOR WEITMAN.

M. JOHN TALL.

M. JOHN KILLIAN.

M. NICHOLAS FABER.

M. ANDREW MENSER, I subscribe with my hand.

And I, EGIDIUS MECHLER, have subscribed with my hand.