V. The connection of the "Universal Reformation"

with the other Rosicrucian manifestoes is so uncertain, that if Andreas could be proved its translator, his connection with the society would still be doubtful. The appearance of the " Fama Fraternitatis " and the " Universal Reforma- tion" in one pamphlet no more proves them to have emanated from a single source, than the publication of the " Confessio " in the same volume as the " Secretioris Philo- sophise Consideratio " proves Philippus a Gabella to have been the author of that document. The practice of issuing unconnected works within the covers of a single book was common at the period. But the argument which ascribes the " Universal Reformation " to Andreas is entirely conjectural.