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of 1531, trifling changes of a verbal nature had been made, but in antithesis
to both this Edition and the Original of 1530, that of 1540 is called the
Variata, because it has elaborated anew some of the articles, and has made
important changes. The first articles so treated is the Article on Original
Sin, (II) in which the changes are these as given in brackets:
"They also teach that after Adam's fall all men propagated after the
common course of nature [the natural mode] are born with sin [being
born have sin of origin] that is without fear of God, without trust toward
God. [But by sin of origin, we understand, what the Holy Fathers so call,
and all the orthodox and piously instructed in the Church, to wit, liability
(reatum) by which those born, are on account of (propter) Adam's fall,
liable to (rei) the wrath of God and eternal death, as also, the corruption
itself, of human nature, which (corruption) is propagated from Adam,] and
with concupiscence, [And the corruption of human nature, defect of the
original righteousness, or integrity, or obedience, embraces
concupiscence.]
* Melanchthon's varied edition of the Latin Confession of three kinds.
I. 1531, 8vo. II. 1540. 4to. III. 1542, 8vo. Weber ii. 32-116.
I. Edition of 1531, 8vo. The variations slight. It has never been pretended that they affect the meaning.
Weber ii. 82-102. Corpus Reformat. xxvi. 337. — Lutheri Opera, Jena (1583) iv, 191-203. -Melanchthon's Opera,
Wittenb. 1562, p. 27-38. - Corpus doctrine, Leipz. 1563, given with that of 1542.- This edition has often been
confounded with the edition of 1530, 4to. (1. a.,) and was actually introduced by Selnecker into the first Latin edition
of the Book of Con cord. Cf. Weber ii. 102; Köllner 348. The variations are given in Hase: Prolegomena xv.
Confess. Variat.Varietas, and are marked (A.)
II. Edition of the Latin Confession, 1540, 4to. The variata. Weber ii. 103-107. - Corpus Reformat. xxvi,
339.- It is given in Corpus Reformatorum xxvi, 351416, with the various readings. (Edit. of 1535, 1538.-The
variations are given in Hase: Prolegomena xv-lxxiv and are marked (B.) -It is translated in "An Harmony of
Confessions," &c., Cambridge, 1586. It is there called the "first edition." Cf. Weber ii. 103, Köllner 349.
III. Latin Confession of 1542, 8vo. The variata varied. -Weber ii. 108-116, Corpus Reformat. xxvi, 345.-
Given in Corpus Doctrinae, Lipsia, 1563. 1-56. Fabricii Harmonia 1573. -Melanchthonis Opera (Peucer) Witt.
1562. i. 39-58. This has been frequently reprinted, and is sometimes confounded with the Variata of 1540. -The
variations are given in Hase, and are marked (C.) and in Corp. Reform. (ed. 4.) Cf. Weber ii. 108; Köllner 349. It is
translated in "an Harmony," &c. It is there called "the second edition."