were facing times of bitter persecution and uncommon confusion in every sphere. So it could not have been otherwise than that they confessed with zeal that our King guarded his church, and that they in their hour of need looked to the one who is seated at the right hand of the Father and is clothed with all power in heaven and earth for their salvation and protection. After the break with Rome, wherever the church had to be regulated once again and the need was sensed on every side for a higher authority,