Note 62 — Chapter XV
E. M. Lamond translation
Cp. Melanchthon’s tract “De potestate papæ” added to the Schmalkalden Articles in “Die symbolischen Bücher,”10 1907, ed. Müller-Kolde, p. 339: “Imprimis autem oportet præcipua membra ecclesiæ, reges et principes, consulere ecclesiæ.... Prima enim cura regum esse debet, ut ornent gloriam Dei.” Above all, he says, referring to the Papacy, they must not make use of their power “ad confirmandam idolatriam et cetera infinita flagitia et ad faciendas cædes sanctorum.”