It was here that Selnecker again became involved in bitter doctrinal disputes regarding the Lord's Supper, and in 1576 and 1577 he joined a group of theologians, including Jacob Andreae and Martin chemnitz, in working out the Formula of Concord.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden
In the preparation of these books such men as Luther, Melancthen, Bugenhagen, Amsdorf, Corvinus, chemnitz, Andreae and John Arndt took part.
"The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America"
Beale M. Schmucker
Anno 1580. Printed by Matthes Stoeckel, Dresden, 1580." In a letter dated November 7, 1580, Martin chemnitz speaks of two Dresden folio editions of the German Book of Concord, while Feuerlinus, in 1752, counts seven Dresden editions.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente