In this the papists berate Luther with the charge of removing the word "catholic" from the creed in the German language, in order that he might impose his own name also on the assembly of the church. But I reply that it is true that even before the time of Luther here and there this article of the Creed was recited thus: Ich glaube ein heilige Christliche Kirche. Here the word "Christian" has the same meaning as "catholic," because the name "Christian" was spread throughout the whole world. And it is found this way in ancient manuscripts. Since Luther left the matter as he found it, he is falsely accused of fraudulently rejecting that word "catholic." - Martin Chemnitz, Loci Theologici, Vol. 2, p. 694
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