Augsburg Confession

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The Augsburg Confession is a foundational 1530 statement of Lutheran beliefs that became a central doctrinal standard of the Protestant Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran confession ⓘ
Reformation-era doctrinal statement ⓘ
confessional document ⓘ
acceptedBy Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
many global Lutheran churches ⓘ
articleTopics Baptism ⓘ
God and the Trinity ⓘ
Lord's Supper ⓘ
linked to: Last Supper

church traditions ⓘ
civil government ⓘ
confession and absolution ⓘ
free will ⓘ
good works ⓘ
ministry of the Church ⓘ
original sin ⓘ
person and work of Christ ⓘ
associatedWith Martin Luther ⓘ
bookOfConcordStatus chief doctrinal standard ⓘ
city Augsburg ⓘ
commissionedBy Elector John of Saxony ⓘ
Lutheran princes ⓘ
confessionalStatus primary Lutheran confession ⓘ
contains 21 chief articles of faith ⓘ
28 articles ⓘ
7 articles on abuses to be corrected ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date 1530 ⓘ
doctrinalStatus normative for Lutheran theology ⓘ
hasPart Confessio Augustana invariata ⓘ
linked to: Augsburg Confession

Confessio Augustana variata ⓘ
linked to: Book of Concord
historicalContext Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
includedIn Book of Concord ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
opposedBy Confutatio Pontificia ⓘ
placePresented Diet of Augsburg ⓘ
presentedTo Emperor Charles V ⓘ
primaryAuthor Philipp Melanchthon ⓘ
linked to: Philip Melanchthon
purpose to explain Lutheran beliefs to the emperor ⓘ
to seek religious peace in the empire ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
respondedToBy Apology of the Augsburg Confession ⓘ
linked to: Book of Concord
theologicalEmphasis authority of Scripture ⓘ
doctrine of the Church ⓘ
justification by faith alone ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Evangelical Catholic ⓘ

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