Excerpt from D. Martin Luthers Werke, Vol. 50
(R)ir qirt einaeiner $irbeiten $uther3 brachte e? hier mit iich, auch noch anger bei 'aliquot nomina' �erte abgubruefen, bie nicht bon 8uther �eib�t herri�hrten, bie aber um ber @e�ehiofienheit ber gan5en $erbfientiichung unb um bc? �ber�tiinbni��e� millen nithi inch[ entbehrt werben fonntcnx c��>o inutben bie $riefe be? Schann @ub, au benen 53uther ebor= unb 'jiachtnort ge�chrieben hat 16fi.; 34fi.) eben�afl� beigegeben, ba auch gerabe bie bon Quther benu3tc hier bon $ebeutung �ihien (n. Auch in gieieher flbei�e nimmt bic 'praefatio' gu ber 'epistola Sancti Hicronymi ad Euagrium' 338) wieber huit ?be3ug auf ben 23rief �eib�t, �n bai; auch bie�cr nicht wohl fehien founte; bic 'liu3fiihrungen im (c)inbiatt '��om getneithteu qbafier' bag 8uther �eib�t berbfientiiehte, bamir 'e3 nicht in $ergefienheit geriete', erfcheinen mit 8uther3 eigenem baran an�rhiiefienben (5ebiehte 671) untrennbar berbunben, unb eben�o mu�ten natiiriich biejenigen @tucfe mit abgebruc�t inerbcn, bie �uther bama[3 mit i�or= uber Siaehtnort unb hbhni�rhcn bianbgiofien inieber herauc��gab. Gehoren hier3u 3un'c'uh�t bic �chon oben genannte 'pauli divina providentia papere tertii bulla mit Q30ttebe unb 3ianbgiofien' 90 fi), hann 'balla papue Pauli tertii de indulgentia contra Turca... mit 'jiachtnort unb 9ianbgiofien' (6111fi) 'q�orrebe, Siach�nort unb 9]iarginaigio��en au: Legario Adriani papae VI '?borrebe unb sdiarginaigiofien au: �ba� auf bem bieich�tag au 'riirnberg' u�tn. 352 fi.) unb ' rat�thiag eine3 qiu��chufie3 etiieher Rarbin�'le' @u� 8uther3 bianbgiofien in ber 'legatio Adriani' 352 - 64) in grb�eren 53ettern ge�e3t finb, imihrenb fic bei ben anbern ahniiehen (R)tucfen in f(eineren 8ettern ericheinen, hat nur thpographi�rhe @riinbe; bie flbahi ber grb�geren �hpen aud; bei ben a'nbern (c)tiicfen, mie fie eigentiich hatte er�oigen follen, ba c� {ich um 8utherfdfie� (c)ui hanbeite, hiitte �ert unb ranbgiofien bei beren grb�erem llmfange in ein riiumiiche� ')jiibberhi�itni� gebraeht.
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