The university, which had been lately defending the Gallican liberties and had issued an appeal from pope to future council, was one of the judges selected by the disputants of the Leipzig debate.

Complete records of the speeches, taken by notaries, were accordingly forwarded to Paris by Duke George of Saxony, with a request for an opinion.

After brief debate the condemnation of Luther by the university was printed.

[Sidenote: April 15, 1521] Neither was the government long in taking a position.

That it should be hostile was a foregone conclusion.