As for those threatening friends of mine, I have no answer for them but that word of Reuchlin's—"He who is poor fears nothing; he has nothing to lose." Fortune I neither have nor desire; if I have had reputation and honor, he who destroys them is always at work; there remains only one poor body, weak and wearied with constant hardships, and if by force or wile they do away with that (as a service to God), they will but make me poorer by perhaps an hour or two of life. [John 16:2] Enough for me is the most sweet Saviour and Redeemer, my Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom I shall always sing my song; [Ps. 104:33] if any one is unwilling to sing with me, what is that to me? Let him howl, if he likes, by himself. The Lord Jesus keep thee eternally, my gracious Father! Wittenberg, Day of the Holy Trinity, MDXVIII FOOTNOTES [1] "Penitence," "repentance," "penance," are all translations of this word. See above, p.29, note 1. [2] The modus confitendi, or "way of confession" is the teaching of what sins are to be confessed to the priest and how they are to be confessed. The subject is discussed fully by Luther in his Discussion of Confession, below, pp. 81-102. [3] Gr. µet?, Lat., post. Eng., "after"; Gr. ????, Lat., mens, Eng., "mind." [4] The Greek µet? can also be translated by the Latin trans, which, in compounds, denotes movement from one place, or thing, or condition, to another. [5] Lat. transmutatio, "the act or process of changing," not simply "a change" (mutatio). [6] Transitus mentis. [7] The derivative of the term "Hebrew" is still disputed (v. PRE3 VII, p.507). Luther conceives it to mean transitor, "one who passes through tor across the land," "a pilgrim." Cf. Genesis 12:6. [8] Burgenesis, i. e. Paul of Bourgos (1353-1435). [9] Another bit of Mediæval philology. [10] See Introduction, p. 19. [11] Cf. Thesis 1, and foot-note. [12] Here again, as above, we have the double sense of poentitentia. Satisfaction is a part of sacramental penance. Luther's charge is that in preaching the remission of this part of the Sacrament the doctrine of true penitence (cf. Thesis 1) is passed by. [13] The Ninety-five Theses. [14] Tetzel's reply to the Theses (Disputatio II, Jo. Tetzelli), 1517. Loescher, I, pp. 517 ff. [15] A Latin adage, chorcorus inter olern. IV LETTER TO POPE LEO X, ACCOMPANYING THE "RESOLUTIONS" TO THE XCV THESES 1518 To the Most Blessed Father, LEO X. Martin Luther, Augustinian Friar, wisheth everlasting welfare.