The Glöselian Duel: Two Opposing Opinions on Religious Freedom for the Hungarian Estates

Regarding this question / Whether one may allow and tolerate the Devil alongside Christ / is clear / so I will not trouble Your Princely Serenity original: Ew. F. Durchl. (Euer Fürstlichen Durchlaucht) with further elaboration / and have only mentioned this regarding these points / that Your Princely Serenity has now received from Your Imperial Majesty the full power original: plenipotentiam — complete authority to act on behalf of the Emperor / through which Evil and Good / Fire and Water / Life and Death / Salvation and Damnation are laid before you / and this freedom has been given / to reach for one part / whichever you now choose from among them / you must answer for before God on the Last Day / where according to the prophecy of Ezekiel Referring to Ezekiel 3:18, where the watchman is held accountable for the blood of those he fails to warn the blood of the subjects / who might suffer harm in the future through your resolution original: Resolution — a formal decree or decision / would be demanded from your hand / and you would have to give a strict account original: Rechenschafft for the same / in which Your Serenity certainly may not claim / that you followed certain advisors / For each shall bear his own burden, and give an account for himself to God original: Unusquisque enim onus suum portabit, & pro se rationem reddet Deo — a combination of Galatians 6:5 and Romans 14:12 says the Holy Scripture / and the advisors have one responsibility / the authorities another / Therefore the Scripture speaks of the authorities / who shall fall into the wrath of God: / The powerful shall suffer torments powerfully: for a most severe judgment shall come upon those who rule original: Potentes potenter tormenta patientur : Judicium enim durissimum his qui præsunt, fiet — Wisdom of Solomon 6:5-6 / All of which all the princes in the Empire / Counts / Lords / and the nobility / as well as all authorities / who oppose our true Catholic religion / should take well to heart / and therefore rather surrender land and people / yes, even die / than burden their conscience in this case / and [allow] any other religion / than that which they recognize as right / in those places where they have the jurisdiction original: Jurisdiction — legal authority and disposition original: Disposition — the right to manage or arrange religious affairs