Note 842 — Chapter XXV
E. M. Lamond translation
“Werke,” Erl. ed., 44, p. 107 ff.; 46, p. 292; “Opp. lat. exeg.,” 11, p. 136. See also Köstlin, ibid., p. 250. Absolution may also be sent by one far away, as Luther wrote to Spalatin: “Audi et crede iis quæ Christus per me tibi loquitur. Neque enim erro, quod scio, aut satanica loquor. Christus loquitur per me et iubet, ut fratri tuo in communi fide in eum credas. Ipse absolvit te ab hoc peccato et omnibus.” Aug. 24, 1544, “Briefe,” ed. De Wette, 5, p. 680.