97/26
generall
counsell. Louis XII of France (king,
1498–1515) and Maximilian I (emperor, 1493–1519) convened the Council of
Pisa (1511–12), attended mostly by French prelates. Julius II (pope,
1503–13) condemned this potentially schismatic council and convoked his own, Lateran V (1512–17). Dominated by Julius, the first five sessions repudiated conciliarism, the
theory that a council is superior to the pope. The later sessions under
Leo X (pope, 1513–21) approved minor reforms of canon law, the Curia,
the episcopacy and the religious orders. Historians note that this
ineffectual council ended in March 1517, seven months before
Luther circulated his 95 Theses (NCE 8.409; OER 2.397–99). Cf. Richard Marius,
Martin Luther: The Christian between God
and Death, Belknap (Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1999) 137–39. For
Luther's appeal to a general council, cf. 186/1on.
98/5–10
Now . . .
endure. Cf. CWM 8/1.336/27–32, 339/4–8.
98/5
last and euerlastinge
testament. Cf. Heb. 8.6, 13.20.
98/9–10
all . . .
scripture. Cf. John 20.31.
98/10–13
By . . .
mencion. CWM 8/1.340/28–30.
the reason] reason 1573
98/13–14
And by . . .
false. Cf. CWM 8/1.342/5–6.
DEUTERONOMY: 11: 49/14
98/14–19
And by . . .
scripture. Cf. CWM 8/1.343/8–12.
98/16–17
they haue . . .
heare them. Cf. Luke 16.29.