Confessio fidei communi Ecclesiarum

or to be moved by vague rumors: just as we have shown before us to this day that we have become callous to that patience. But since we are commanded to procure good things, not only before God, but also before men: and because up to this point we have attempted with our own strength whether the virulent rabies of our enemies could be softened, and no one can fail to see that there is neither an end nor a measure to this, we are compelled by extreme necessity to bring forward our excuses, by which we might be purged before those who are capable of understanding them. Regarding those who meanwhile devise new calumnies to overwhelm us, and who, because of their hatred for the word of God, try to brand us with stains by whatever right or wrong, since you cannot deal with them at all, it is certain to leave them be,