 I have listened to them; it is a wonder, but they sat down to preach, and said clearly that they had been sent by God to teach, that they spoke familiarly with God, that they could see the future; in short that they were prophets and apostles.How much I was moved by them, I cannot easily express.Certain things persuade me not to condemn them... No one other than Martin can judge them more closely...” 
In a covering note to Friedrich’s chaplain, Georg Spalatin, Melanchthon added