On the Life and Missions of Jacobus Andreae for the Reformation of the Lutheran Church, Part I

to oversee the Gœppingen congregation as a clear pastor and Superintendent, having earned merit in the church. The excellent Prince consented, but on the condition that as soon as competitors appeared who sought the doctoral dignity and could bear the expenses through common payments, Jacobus would likewise be adorned with that dignity r).

I. The First Mission. rr)

From this time, Jacobus’s activity appeared manifold and varied in the journeys undertaken by the command of the Prince. Among these, the first was undertaken from Gœppingen to Tübingen by the command of Christophorus to settle the Osiandrian controversy s). For Albert, Duke of Prussia and Protector of Osiander, had publicly complained on October 5, 1551, to the Princes, Estates, and Cities in Germany, regarding how much his own theologians, the adversaries of Osiander, were detracting from his authority. He requested that they inquire into the opinion of their principal theologians concerning Osiander’s Confession only t) and send it to him. But at the same time, he had beseeched them that their theologians should institute their deliberations in the form of a Synod, that they should demonstrate their opinion individually from the Word of God and confirm it with their own signature, and that the written votes—even

r) Fama Andr. Life of Andreas p. 45, 46.
rr) I use the term "Mission" in the ecclesiastical sense, not the Roman. For it denotes a journey by the command of superiors to care for church business and other sacred matters. Hence, "Missionary."
s) The venerable Plank discusses this controversy amply and learnedly in Geschichte des Protestantischen Lehrbegriffs History of the Protestant Concept of Doctrine, 4th volume, Book II, Ch. V, p. 324 et seq.
t) l. c. loco citato / in the place cited p. 322. Nor was the question about imposing a penalty on Mœrlinus and his colleagues in any way; compare the judgment of the venerable Plank in note 92, and what the venerable Schnurrer brings forward on that matter, l. c. p. 223 et seq.