To the Most Excellent Bishops of the One Church, shepherds of the flock of God, and to those whom they have entrusted the welfare of the church, and to every King and Prince of Christendom:
By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ and under the protection of Albrecht IV, King of Bavaria, we announce the convocation of a holy synod at Würzburg for the purpose of ending the schisms that plague the church, reform and correct those abuses undertaken by those who falsely assume the name of Christ, bring peace and unity to the true children of God, and defend the Church from those who seek its ruin.
As no one can have God as Father without the Church as his Mother, let all patriarchs, cardinals, bishops, priors and generals of religious orders, doctors of theology and canon law, Princes, Kings, and representatives of any of the above who are unable to come gather together at Würzburg in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, lest the Church cast them out as orphans and not true sons.