Iudicium D. Philippi Melanchthonis De controversia Coenae Domini

of CHRIST: whom I pray that He may govern and protect the entire family of the Palatine Princes, and not allow it to be destroyed by barbaric devastation in my fatherland. I have read the letters of your Highness with reverence, and I have heard your most upright man, Stephanus: and I am sending to your Highness the written Response: and I desire most of all that the tender Churches may be tranquil everywhere. For this purpose it will be useful if the governors do not allow contrary opinions to be defended. I therefore approve the counsel of your Highness, that you have mandated silence to both parties. I desire, however, that through the counsel and authority of wise Princes at some point, and from the churches of other nations, and our own, pious and learned men may be convened, so that all controversies may be deliberated, and one consenting form of doctrine, true and clear, may be handed down to posterity without any ambiguity. In the meantime, as much as possible, let us foster the union of our Churches with moderate counsels.

May your Highness fare well and happily. The 5th of November, the year 1559.
Servant of your Highness, Philipp Melanchthon.