At about the time of
the coronation of Charles V which took place on 22 October 1520 there appeared
an anonymous pamphlet entitled “Advice of one who with his whole heart that due
consideration be paid both to the dignity of the pope and to the peaceful development
of the Christian religion.” This pamphlet has an appendix: “A defence of Martin
Luther by Christ our Lord addressed to the city of Rome.”
Samuel Macauley
Jackson writes of this: “Although at first sight it seems highly improbably
that Zwingli had anything to do with the pamphlet, as it is not at all in hi
style, yet all doubt vanishes before the fact that the draft of it in Zwingli’s
handwriting is to be seen today in the Zurich cantonal archives. It treats Luther
in a kindly, condescending way, and advises that an impartial commission go
through his books and examine him orally, and then pass final judgment on him”
(Huldreich Zwingli: The Reformer of German Switzerland 1484-1531, p155).
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