A Pious and Useful Admonition Concerning the Brothers of the Rosy Cross

...it was necessary to respond, he wrote expressly that the Anabaptist affair The author is likely referencing the "Anabaptist" label as a way to categorize the group as a radical or secretive sect, similar to the religious radicals of the 16th century. seemed to him to belong to that class of men.

6. That they also appear to be learned men literati: educated people proficient in Latin and the liberal arts can be proven from this: those who have the opportunity for learning in their own locations do not entirely neglect it. We might consider the example where, under the pretext of learning, a certain B. M. previously came to some learned men in the University Academia: a higher institution of learning, such as a university and consulted in person with theologians, legal experts original: "iureconsultis", and even those skilled in languages. Indeed, he even supported H. T. and other scholarship students stipendiarios: students supported by a regular allowance or grant with the goal and intention that they might send him certain lectures, transcribed almost word-for-word, for his own instruction.

7. Furthermore, one could demonstrate their zeal for learning by considering that they come under the pretext of studying—as did one man who, once he was informed about certain studies, asserted that the magistrate A high-ranking civil official or local governing body. promised a most ample and lavish stipend. He even provided money and expenses for him to wait, in the name of the magistrate; later, the magistrate's fulfillment of these promises was a little...