PREFACE

In Appendix Notes 1 and 7: They claim that Luther submitted himself without any reservation to the judgment of the Waldensians, and that he changed, corrected, or even fundamentally removed everything he had said more harshly against them.
The Waldensians were a medieval Christian movement that Martin Luther and other Reformers initially viewed with suspicion but later sought to find common ground with as "pre-Reformation" allies.

In Note 6 of the same: They claim that our people need fear no danger among them, and that no snares were ever laid for them.

In Note 10: They claim that they do not recognize my sound and orthodox doctrine in some of those chapters, even though they do not specifically state what they find lacking.

In Note 13: Since each of these points, and many others, are entirely alien to the truth—and since I am conscious that these matters are far otherwise, by GOD'S grace—I could no longer ignore them or seem to approve of them through silence.

However, those who judge rightly will easily understand for themselves—once a comparison is made with my previous writing—that such slanders and trifles have proceeded from nothing but notable malice, hostile hatred, and a vehement desire for hurling insults in their Replies.
original: "Respondentibus"; in the context of academic disputations, these were the formal written answers or rebuttals provided by his opponents.

Thus, while they have tried to detract much from my reputation with these claims, they have instead brought a shameful stain upon their own honor. For the frequency of their quibbling and insults, heaped upon me contrary to what is right and lawful, provided the opportunity for me to rightfully hurl those things back at them—even if it was original: "παρὰ γνώμην καὶ ἄκουσι"; against my judgment and unwillingly—and those things which