Apology of the Augsburg Confession

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The Apology of the Augsburg Confession is a key 16th-century Lutheran theological work by Philipp Melanchthon that defends and clarifies the doctrines presented in the Augsburg Confession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century Christian text ⓘ
Lutheran confessional document ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
author Philipp Melanchthon ⓘ
linked to: Philip Melanchthon
canonicalStatus symbolic book of Lutheranism ⓘ
commissionedBy Lutheran princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
confessionalAuthorityFor doctrine and practice in many Lutheran churches ⓘ
confessionalStatus part of the Lutheran Book of Concord ⓘ
dateIncludedInBookOfConcord 1580 ⓘ
datePublished 1531 ⓘ
dateWritten 1530 ⓘ
denominationUse Confessional Lutheran churches ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church ⓘ
follows Augsburg Confession ⓘ
genre confessional apology ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ
historicalContext Diet of Augsburg ⓘ
includedIn Book of Concord ⓘ
influenced Lutheran systematic theology ⓘ
later Lutheran orthodoxy ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
opposes Roman Catholic Confutation of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
originalTitle Apologia Confessionis Augustanae ⓘ
partOfSeries Lutheran Confessions ⓘ
linked to: Book of Concord
placeAssociated Augsburg ⓘ
purpose clarification of Lutheran doctrine ⓘ
defense of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
relatedWork Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Smalcald Articles ⓘ
Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
subject Mass ⓘ
bishops and ecclesiastical power ⓘ
church authority ⓘ
confession and absolution ⓘ
good works ⓘ
invocation of saints ⓘ
justification by faith ⓘ
monastic vows ⓘ
original sin ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
sacraments ⓘ
theologicalPosition authority of Scripture ⓘ
forensic justification ⓘ
sola fide ⓘ
sola gratia ⓘ
theologicalTradition Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Book of Concord → containsWork → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Lutheran Church (for reading and instruction) → hasDoctrinalSource → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Diet of Augsburg → hasDocument → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Confutatio Pontificia → influenced → Lutheran Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
linked to: Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Confutatio Pontificia → relatedDocument → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Lutheran orthodoxy → usesDocument → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Concordia → hasComponentWork → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope → relatedTo → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Apology of the Augsburg Confession → originalTitle → Apologia Confessionis Augustanae ⓘ
linked to: Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Epitome of the Formula of Concord → follows → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Smalcald Articles → relatedDocument → Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Andreas Musculus → notableWork → Confessio Augustana invariata (defense) ⓘ
linked to: Apology of the Augsburg Confession