The Third Letter.

A true Christian belongs to the communion of all saints.

To a theologian Gottes-gelehrtenliterally "one learned in God"; a scholar of divinity or a member of the clergy. regarding various questions which he raised in his state of doubt and distress, seeking an explanation for why it was said: that it is harmful for a true disciple of JESUS CHRIST to belong to a separate church The author is likely addressing the "Separatist" movement within Radical Pietism, where individuals left established state churches to form private devotional circles., and that there are no longer any true Christians on earth; [and] that one hears so many people speaking of such things as if they possessed the spirit of prophecy, while in the meantime they often contradict one another, and their actual lives do not correspond in deed with those of the prophets of God. All of which is answered very precisely and thoroughly in several letters sent to the same person.

The Fourth Letter.

That which comes from God must be held in honor.

To the same person, to admonish him that he must not despise a perspectiveoriginal: "Meynung". In this context, it refers to a divinely inspired insight or a spiritual conviction rather than a mere human opinion. that has come from God, even if nothing of the kind had ever happened to him before.