Regarding the Hartung case Luther says expressly: the wife, as is the custom, must be cited to appear before the doors of the church. If she now appears, she may express the reason why she has left the husband and accuse him. If she should not appear, the husband, if has a good witness there shall be pronounced free of the runaway wife and his conscience left to determine whether he should again enter a marriage. The matter does not involve a difficult question to dispute. On the Monday after John the Baptist (June 26) 1531.
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