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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... the members pledging themselves to a faithful observance of all its articles. And now were heard, on every side, hearty congratulations, earnest prayers, fervent thanksgiving and praise. Erasmus Gliczner, remembering his recent factiousness, spoke words that had the true ring. The fellowship of the Lutherans with the Brethren and the Reformed should be close, firm, enduring: the Brethren had always sought the welfare of the Church of God and the glory of the Lord: they and the Lutherans ought to meet, ere long, in a special Synod, in order to publicly set a seal to the alliance which had been formed. Other divines expressed similar sentiments; the faces of the two Palatines were radiant with joy; this last session grew into a jubilee of love and peace. Before the final adjournment was ordered the members solemnly pledged each other their right hands; and thus, amidst renewed thanksgiving to God, the Synod of Sendomir was brought to a close. A few days after Whitsuntide the Synod proposed by Gliczner took place at Posen (May the twentieth). There were present several magnates and a large number of divines, including Bishop Israel, John Lorenz, Turnovius, Erasmus and Nicholas Gliczner. Twenty articles, supplementary to the Consensus Sendomirensis, were reported. While this report was under discussion, the people gathered in front of the hall where the Synod was sitting, anxious to learn the issue; and as soon as the articles had been adopted and signed, Erasmus Gliczner opened the door and announced this result.22 Then raising, by a common impulse, the Ambrosian Te Deum, the members of the Synod stood up, the Lutherans advancing to meet the Brethren, the Brethren advancing to meet the Lutherans, and both grasping each others' hands with fervent l...

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