Controv. XV: Should the Reformed, by the rule of charity, tolerate Lutherans as brethren?
Controv. XV. On mutual tolerance among Evangelicals.
By the rule of charity, should the Reformed — though they differ from the Lutherans on the chapters above — be ready to bear with them as brethren, sharers of the same faith and salvation, and members of the true church, in a holy bond of hearts and studies?
The graver consequences of those chapters need not block the way: the Lutherans neither own those consequences nor accept them. Other heads weigh less once the real state of the quarrel is set out fairly — as in the chapter on the Holy Supper. And both sides still keep the common Protestant principle and foundation of the faith, having rejected idolatry and papal doctrine.
Latin
XV. De Tolerantia mutua inter Evangelicos. An Reformati, ex canone charitatis, secùs sentientes in superioribus Capitibus Lutheranos, (nihil obstantibus istorum Capitum gravioribus consequentüs, sed ab his non agnitis, imò rejectis; tùm ob levius in aliis Capitibus momentum, si status Controversiae ritè explicetur, ut in Capite de S. Canâ, &c. tùm etiam ob retentum fidei principium ac fundamentum, Protestantibus commune, rejectamque Idololatriam, ac doctrinam Papalem) tolerare parati sint tanquam Fratres, & consortes ejusdem fidei ac salutis, ac membra verae Ecclesiae, sanctâ confederatione animorum, studiorumque?