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 burg Council, whom you know, a man of no small ability; also Ulrich Funk/ from the Zurich Council, and Rudolph Frey,* a councilor of Basle. On the other side were Luther, Philip, Eberhard von der Than,* prefect of Eisenach, I, Jonas, Casper Cruciger, and the rest of our party. Before the Prince, with all the councilors sitting around, was placed at table at which sat these four — Luther, Philip, Zwingli and Oecolampadius. When the colloquy began and arguments were advanced on both sides, Oecolampadius urged this ar- gument for almost two whole days : "Christ has a true body and is in heaven, but no true body can be in many places." He dwelt, too, upon the sixth chapter of John, which speaks of the spiritual eating of the flesh and drinking of the blood, as though this were merely saying the same thing in other words. Luther would not permit Christ's words about the Supper to be distorted, by force or craft, from the clear words of Him Who said, "This is my body," and the words of Paul, "This I received of the Lord." This offended our opponents, and almost in disgust they cried out that it was a petitio prin- cipal Of this bitter dispute I shall tell you when I see you, or write you from Wittenberg, and you will hear something of it from the bearer, the teacher of your children.

On the Sunday after Michaelmas the colloquy was resumed in hope of an agreement, but when the dispute was prolonged until almost evening with our opponents holding to their error like grim death, and with us defending the side of the truth no whit less zealously, it was given up, and I do not know

Uuy to Palgrave Henry, Provost of Strassburg Cathedral; in 15^4 he was elected Councillor and Provost. From 1527 on he was repeatedly mayor, and in all was sent on 91 diplomatic missions. He was the founder of a famous Strass- burg school, and a far-sighted and disinterested statesman. RealencyklopaedU, RGG., ADB.

1 Ulrich Funk, originally a glazier, now a leading member of the Zurich coon* cil and an ardent Protestant, who perished at the battle of Cappel, October 11, 1531-

at Basle.
 * A merchant and justice of the peace (Bannherr), as well as town councilor

Konigsburg in Franconia. A great deal about him in Menx: Johann PrUdriek,
 * Von der Thann (i495*i574)f in 1528 officer at the Wartburg, later captain at

The reading of the Corpus Refortnatorum is vocarat proditionem principum, which is meaningless. The emendation of Kawerau, vocartt ptrdiHonem principum, 2a little better (Jofuu* Britfwtchstl, i, lag).
 * This is the conjectural reading of Seclcendorf Oiistoria Lutheranismi, if, 140).

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