[1] For this translation see Vol. I, p. 222, note 1.
[2] The law that we have outside of divine revelation. C.f. Rom. 2:15.
[3] The possessor of these letters (_Himmels-und Teuelsbriefe_) was
thought to be under the special protection of the spirits.
[4] Magical formulas.
[5] Practices popularly ascribed to the witches.
[6] See below, p. 364, note 1.
[7] Luther believed, with the mediaeval Church, that the lending of
money at interest was a sin. See above pp. 159 ff., and _Weimar Ed._,
XXV, 293 ff.
[8] i. e., In the confession made to the priest. See Vol. I, p. 285,
and Introduction, above, p. 351.
[9] C. Vol. I, pp. 58, 285.
[10] In the manuals for confession with which Luther was familiar sins
were divided into the various classes mentioned here. C. Vol. I, pp.
90 ff.; Gecken, _Der Bilderkatechismus des XV Jhs._, and especially v.
Zezschwitz, II, 197 ff.
[11] _Serm._, 96, 2; _Migne_, XXVIII, 585.
[12] Cf. Vol. I, p. 187.
[13] See above, p. 355.
[14] Luther has here departed from the customary Roman division of the
Creed into twelve articles.
[15] _Gemein._
[16] _Gemeine._
[17] _Christenheit_, cf. Vol. I, p. 338.
[18] _Kirche._
[19] In the catechisms of 1529 Luther abandons this interpretation of
the bread.
[20] i. e. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.