| 单词 | Augsburg Confession |
| 例句 | Luther’s final break from Rome came with the Augsburg Confession in 1530, and the rest is no end of history, replete with schisms and catastrophic wars throughout Europe and beyond. 500 Years Later, the Reformation Is Still Creating Music 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The symphony — Mendelssohn’s second for full orchestra, though conventionally numbered fifth — was written in 1830 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Lutheran statement of theology, the Augsburg Confession. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall 2013-06-07T22:48:08Z And Mendelssohn wrote the “Reformation” Symphony for the tercentenary — but in 1830, the anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, not 1817, a year after the 7-year-old Mendelssohn, born Jewish, was baptized a Lutheran. 500 Years Later, the Reformation Is Still Creating Music 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The Lutherans published a specific creed defining Lutheran beliefs known as the Augsburg Confession in 1530, and the Catholic Council of Trent in the following decades defined exactly what Catholic doctrine consisted of. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At the emperor's command the papal theologians at once drew up a paper in which they tried to refute the Augsburg Confession. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z In June he opened the diet at Augsburg, and here the Lutherans submitted a summary of their doctrines, afterwards called the Augsburg Confession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z In order to share in the Augsburg Peace, he still retained the Augsburg Confession, naturally in the form known as the Variata. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Rejecting the faith of the Apostles, he brought to the kingdom the Augsburg Confession, putting a stain on his reputation. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The "Treaty of Passau," as it was called, allowed freedom of worship to all who accepted the Augsburg Confession, and postponed other questions to the decision of a German Diet. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z This is the origin of the confession which is known as the Augsburg Confession. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z In 1530, while at the Diet of Augsburg, he made the remarkable admission that he could confute the Augsburg Confession by the fathers but not by the Scriptures. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The subsequent acceptance of the Augsburg Confession, in a.d. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z A Spanish ambassador early in the reign thought that Elizabeth’s own religion was equally negative, though she told him she agreed with nearly everything in the Augsburg Confession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The Protestants who followed the Augsburg Confession received religious freedom, perfect equality before the law, and the undisturbed possession of the Church property which had fallen into their hands. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z New Year's Day; revised to celebrate the Augsburg Confession Jubilee on June 25, 1730. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z For I again protest and declare that I desire my writings to be understood in accordance with the Symbolical Books of the Church of the Augsburg Confession, and in no other sense. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Under Swedish and French guarantee the Augsburg Religious Peace was confirmed and even extended to the Reformed, as related to the Augsburg Confession. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Afterwards Melanchthon arbitrarily altered some of the articles, and there arose a division between those who held the original and those who held the altered Augsburg Confession. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis This "Augsburg Confession," as it was thenceforth called, was the foundation of the Lutheran Church throughout Germany. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Zinzendorf, who was a Lutheran, induced them to adopt the Augsburg Confession as a statement of their doctrine, but they continued to exist as an independent church body. The Story of Our Hymns Apology, or Vindication of the Augsburg Confession, set forth, among others, the cardinal doctrine of the Lutheran faith, namely, Justification by faith alone, with extraordinary power and purity. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z On his repudiating the Augsburg Confession, the church boards refused to recognise him, and he went hither and thither preaching a Christian communism. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The Smaller Catechism, with the Augsburg Confession, was made the Rule of Faith in Denmark in 1537. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Early writers of the modern period, Protestant or Roman Catholic, use it frequently of heretics; thus the Augsburg Confession protests Dogmata in revived use. that the Protestants have carefully avoided nova dogmata. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Melanchthon confessed to Brenz that in the Augsburg Confession he had lied. The History of Freedom According to this document, the duke was bound for three years to obey Philip's summons, although he refused to pledge himself to do anything directly or indirectly against the Augsburg Confession or its supporters. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 In 1838 the hitherto required subscription of the clergy to the confessional writings, the Augsburg Confession and its Apology, was modified into a formula declaring conscientious regard for them. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The maintenance of the indivisibility of the realm and of the Christian faith according to the Augsburg Confession, and the observance of the Kongelov itself, are now the sole obligations binding upon the king. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" At the beginning of December he was at home again, and that winter he wrote the "Reformation Symphony," intended to be produced at the tercentenary festival of the "Augsburg Confession" in the following June. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The “Augsburg Confession,” says, in like manner, “three persons in one essence.” Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors As late as 1530 he incorporated these views in the Augsburg Confession, as appears, in particular, from Articles II, V, XVIII, and XIX. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church With such fundamental principles of agreement it was possible to borrow from the Augsburg Confession five of the ten articles which Henry laid before the convocation. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 The statement of the Catholics admitted that a number of Melanchthon's positions were perfectly orthodox; but the portion of the Augsburg Confession which dealt with the practical reforms introduced by the Protestants was rejected altogether. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe On the contrary, they have all along professed to subscribe in sincerity to the Augsburg Confession; and surely their own assertions are more to be relied upon, than those of their enemies. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II J. N. Hoffmann entered the controversy with his "Broken Platform," and W. J. Mann with his pamphlet "A Plea for the Augsburg Confession," according to Spaeth "the strongest refutation of the Definite Platform." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Since the Confutation, in the manner indicated, had been presented as the Emperor's final verdict upon the Augsburg Confession the Lutherans were compelled to declare themselves. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The salary offered was a hundred rixdollars, with house and glebe, and the creed was the Lutheran doctrines according to "the Augsburg Confession of Faith, free from all human superstition and tradition." Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 There was little or nothing in the Augsburg Confession concerning the organization of the Church. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The consequence was, that a large portion of the people became, with the university, avowedly Protestant, and adopted, some the Augsburg Confession as their standard of belief,—others, the opinions of Calvin. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II Reynolds declared that he joyously adopted "old Lutheranism," "as plainly taught in the Augsburg Confession and Luther's Small Catechism." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In keeping with the changed historical context of the times, they offered a correct explanation of the Augsburg Confession, adding thereto a declaration concerning the Papacy, the absence of which had become increasingly painful. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The Augsburg Confession, defended all too weakly by Melanchthon, was read here, disputed, and declared refuted by the Emperor. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation While the duke, devotedly attached to the doctrines of Luther, was bent upon strongly recommending the adoption of the Augsburg Confession, the other princes could not acquiesce in his plan. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 This apartment was haunted, it seemed, by the spirit of the first Oldenbuck, the celebrated printer of the Augsburg Confession. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North In 1844 the Maryland Synod had appointed a committee to prepare an "Abstract," which, in a way, was to serve as a substitute for the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Moreover, both the Articles and the Tract may be regarded as appendices to the Augsburg Confession and the Apology. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The reformers issued there a "confession" of their faith, known as the Augsburg Confession, and which placed them for ever apart from the old Roman Catholic Church. Heroes of Modern Europe He then demanded of the ministers whether they would subscribe to the Augsburg Confession, which was received by the Protestants of Germany. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 While claiming to be adherents of the Augsburg Confession, they persecuted the Lutherans, forbidding all Lutheran worship in public meeting-houses as well as in private dwellings. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod At Lancaster, 1862, Synod evaded a deliverance on the question whether the Augsburg Confession contains the errors with which it was generally charged; indirectly, however, it affirmed the question by electing B. Kurtz as President. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In the main, the arrangement of the Augsburg Confession is observed. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church With such fundamental principles of agreement it was possible to borrow from the Augsburg Confession five of the ten articles which Henry laid before the Convocation. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 He replied by asking whether the cardinal was himself ready to give the Augsburg Confession his unqualified approval. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 In 1755 he published an English translation of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod We believe that the fundamental doctrines of the Word of God are taught in a manner substantially correct in the doctrinal articles of the Augsburg Confession: 1. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) This view, which was also plainly taught in the Augsburg Confession, prevailed and received the sanction of our Church in Article IV of the Formula of Concord. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The protest of northern Europe against the abuses and corruptions prevailing in the Roman Church was articulated in the Augsburg Confession. A History of American Christianity What would be gained if the Protestants did sign it; for, did the prelates agree in the Augsburg Confession? History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The congregations, in agreement with the constitution of 1762, pledged their pastors to preach "the Word of God according to the foundation of the apostles and prophets and in conformity with the Unaltered Augsburg Confession." American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod In 1865 she resolved, "That, in our judgment, all the doctrinal articles of the Augsburg Confession do set forth fundamental doctrines of Holy Scripture." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Hence constant reference is made to the Augsburg Confession as well as the Confutation; and scholastic theology is discussed as well. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In a short time the Saxon decree was issued against all assemblies which called in question the Augsburg Confession. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology In addition to this there was translated an account of Luther's death in 1546, the Augsburg Confession and four treatises of Melanchthon, and one each of Zwingli, Oecolampadius and Bullinger,—this last reprinted. The Age of the Reformation On motion of Solomon Henkel it was resolved to add to the minutes also the 21 articles of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The American Recension of the Augsburg Confession doesn't seem to go down well. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In Mueller's edition of the Symbolical Books all articles of the Apology are for the first time supplied with numbers and captions corresponding with the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church I. What is the charge of the Definite Platform against the Augsburg Confession on this subject? American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann In this, though in the main it was, as it was called, "a repetition and exegesis of the Augsburg Confession," considerable concessions were made to the wishes of the English. The Age of the Reformation Hostility to the Augsburg Confession and especially to the doctrines of Baptism and of the Lord's Supper, as well as the tendency to unite with all religious bodies, became more and more apparent. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod After as well as before 1864 they justified their deviations by referring to, and interpreting, the phrase "fundamental doctrines" as a limitation of their subscription to the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) To them it was a recommendation of Luther's articles when Bucer, Blaurer, and others, though having subscribed the Augsburg Confession, refused to sign them. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church We shall prove that the Augsburg Confession does deny the divine appointment of the Christian Sabbath or Lord's Day. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann As Contarini had found in the statements of the Augsburg Confession no insuperable obstacle to an understanding he was astonished at the stress laid on them by the Protestants now. The Age of the Reformation If you approve the plan of holding first an exclusively German-speaking synod and then an exclusively English-speaking synod, and also of abolishing every constitution except the Augsburg Confession, advise me at your earliest convenience. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Rejecting the position adopted 1865 by the Pennsylvania Synod that "all the doctrinal articles of the Augsburg Confession do set forth fundamental doctrines of Holy Scripture," J.A. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It was solemnly renewed in the Preface of the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The above testimony of Luther is so distinct and decided, that he certainly would not have approved of the Augsburg Confession if Melancthon had introduced a different doctrine into it. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Saxon colonists in this state welcomed the Reformation, formally recognizing the Augsburg Confession in a synod of 1572. The Age of the Reformation Another denied the doctrine of Baptism as laid down in our catechism and in the Second and Ninth Articles of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod As its doctrinal basis the Mission Synod adopted the "Declaration of Faith" of the Franckean Synod as containing all fundamental doctrines of the Word of God, all that is truly evangelical in the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) At Naumburg, in 1561, the Lutheran princes therefore, after some vacillation, declared that they would adhere to the original Augsburg Confession and its "genuine Christian declaration and norm," the Smalcald Articles. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The expression used in the Augsburg Confession, Art. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann This doctrine is taught also by most of the theologians of the Augsburg Confession. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The Henkels, however, declared that they could have no fellowship with people who were addicted to false doctrines concerning Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and rejected the doctrine of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The resolution adopted at Hagerstown, June 15, 1895, defines the "Unaltered Augsburg Confession as throughout in perfect consistence" with the Word of God. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) For years this edition was also considered the authentic edition of the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church As exorcism is not touched by the Augsburg Confession, it is also not discussed by the Rev. Mr. Mann, in his Plea. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Nor did I neglect the teachings of our theologians: and the study of their opponents, far from disturbing me, served to strengthen me in the moderate opinions of the Churches of the Augsburg Confession. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The Evangelical Lutheran Church already has, for almost three hundred years, a confession of faith, to wit, the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Yet the formula was left ambiguous, because the question was not decided whether all of the articles of the Augsburg Confession were to be regarded as fundamental doctrines of the Bible. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Ambrose and Socrates Henkel prepared the translation of the Augsburg Confession, the Apology, the Smalcald Articles, the Appendix, and the Articles of Visitation. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Is it our duty to renounce the Augsburg Confession altogether? American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann But at last he curbed his vehemence and in the Apology for the Augsburg Confession allowed a favourable mention of Aristotle and his Ethics. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil He was joint translator of the Augsburg Confession, the Apology, the Smalcald Articles, the Appendix, and the Articles of Visitation. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod While, indeed, all doctrines of the Augsburg Confession are Scriptural, not all of them, e.g., the doctrine of the Sunday, are fundamental doctrines of the Bible. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) There is, however, no lack of other manuscripts of the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Shall we remain satisfied with the General Synod's doctrinal basis, of absolute assent to the Bible, and agreement with the Augsburg Confession as far as the fundamentals of God's Word are concerned? American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann A like dispute has threatened of late to disturb the peace in the Churches of the Augsburg Confession. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil In a second letter, dated March 14, 1820, Philip declared: "If the old ministers will not act agreeably to the Augsburg Confession, we will erect a synod in Tennessee." American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The General Council has neither had, nor would consent to have, fellowship with any synod which tolerates the 'Jewish opinions' or 'chiliastic opinions' condemned in the Seventeenth Article of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In the German edition of the Augsburg Confession of 1533 it was especially Articles 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, and 20 that were remodeled. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church This is precisely the thing done by the American Recension of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann But it is not the same with the texts on which Mysteries are founded, where the theologians of the Augsburg Confession deem that one must keep to the literal sense. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil It is known that all Lutheran ministers, when they are ordained, are solemnly pledged as by an oath to maintain the doctrine of the Augsburg Confession of Faith. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod In 1880 the General Synod South informed the Tennessee and Holston Synods that she adopts the secondary Lutheran symbols "as in accord with, and an unfolding of, the teaching of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) About two-thirds of the German territories which professed adherence to the Augsburg Confession adopted and introduced the Book of Concord as their corpus doctrinae. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The majority of Lutheran kingdoms, however, rejected one or more of them, and the Augsburg Confession alone has been acknowledged by the entire Lutheran Church. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann In a word, the world now had added to it one of its greatest treasures—the renowned and imperishable Augsburg Confession. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties Perhaps this may be one of the reasons why they have nowhere promised in the constitution that Luther's Catechism, the Augsburg Confession of Faith, nor the Bible should be the guide of their body. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Brown answered under oath, "I hold the Augsburg Confession to be a correct exhibition of the fundamental doctrines of the divine Word." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The Schwabach Articles constitute the seventeen basic articles of the first part of the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Augsburg Confession, disadvantages under which it was prepared, 47. ————- ————- dissented from by Dr. Lochman, 39. ————- ————- parts of, omitted by him in his edition, 40. ————- ————- dissented from by many of our principal divines, 41, 42. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann But an alliance of the kind contemplated would perhaps have been carried out had it not been for the bigotry which insisted upon signature of the Augsburg Confession. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century In this way they hoped to enable every one to decide for himself which party taught according to the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Secondly: When the resolution of 1901 declared it contrary to the basis of 1864 to make any distinction between fundamental and so-called non-fundamental doctrines in the Augsburg Confession, this, too, was an unwarranted assertion. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) For like reasons Article I of the Augsburg Confession declares its adherence to the Nicene Creed, and the first part of the Smalcald Articles, to the Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Right of ministers to dissent from the Augsburg Confession conceded, 43. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann It will be sufficient to cite as evidence the Augsburg Confession which was drawn up with Luther's aid and submitted to Emperor Charles V in 1530 as the joint belief of Luther and his followers. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The Augsburg Confession of Faith, containing the principal doctrines of the Holy Scriptures, was their standard of union. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The express mention of the 'Unaltered' Augsburg Confession constitutes an outspoken confession against Melanchthonianism, that is, against the Definite Platform theology, or American Lutheranism. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It cannot be denied that during Luther's life and for quite a time after his death the Variata was used by Lutherans without any public opposition and recognized as the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church For the points disputed are those, on the ground of which the constitutions of the General Synod and of her Seminary avow only a qualified assent to the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Also on this matter we might cite Luther's numerous statements and expository writings, but we prefer to quote again the Augsburg Confession which grew out of Luther's testimony for the truth. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The Seventh Article of the Augsburg Confession of Faith points out the true nature of her unity. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The Unaltered Augsburg Confession is by preeminence the Confession of that faith. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Such variations, additions, and alterations, however, involved a doctrinal change of the confession no more than the Apology of the Augsburg Confession implies a doctrinal departure from this symbol. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Both explicitly bind to the Augsburg Confession, only so far as the fundamental doctrines, not of that confession, but of the Scriptures are concerned. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Our solid and impregnable Augsburg Confession, also, when in Article II. it confesses that the new birth by baptism and the Holy Spirit delivers from the power and penalty of original sin. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church I also am willing to relinquish the constitution, provided that the Augsburg Confession is made the constitution of this synod. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod They formed the standard according to which he revised the Augsburg Confession in the Definite Platform of 1855, which "alienated from him many former friends and clouded the evening of his days." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Up to the time of its presentation the Augsburg Confession was diligently improved, polished, perfected, and partly recast. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The Definite Platform, therefore, retains even more of the Augsburg Confession than the General Synod's pledge requires; for it contains some specifications of the Augsburg Confession, which though true, are not fundamental. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann We have not thought it necessary to quote from the Augsburg Confession or the Formula of Concord for proof. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church Every constitution except the Augsburg Confession may then be set aside. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod In 1862 he wrote: "With the editor of the Lutheran I am an admirer of the Augsburg Confession, but he must allow me to interpret it for myself, as I allow him." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) As far as the text of the Augsburg Confession is concerned, both of the original manuscripts are lost to us. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The Apology to the Augsburg Confession, was denied, official authority, by Sweden and Denmark. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The irenic character of the Augsburg Confession was owing to this principle. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems But if the Augsburg Confession were the constitution, every member would readily agree to it. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod As shown above, the phrase "fundamental doctrines" of the York Amendment, historically interpreted, has but one meaning, viz., that some of the doctrines of the Augsburg Confession are fundamental, while others are not. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Melanchthon continued uninterruptedly to polish and correct the Augsburg Confession till immediately before its presentation on June 25, 1530. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The author of the Plea represents "the Augsburg Confession, as the unexceptionable password of the adherents of the Lutheran Church for three centuries." American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Symbolical Books are valuable, but their obligatory acceptance is not essential: The same is true even of the Augsburg Confession. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Synod had refused to settle the mooted questions according to the Augsburg Confession and the synodical constitution, but, instead, had demanded that the minority should yield to the majority. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod In 1856 Mann opposed the Definite Platform in his Plea for the Augsburg Confession, and 1857 in his Lutheranism in America. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Wherever the Variata was adopted by Lutheran princes and theologians, it was never for the purpose of weakening the doctrine of the Augsburg Confession in any point. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church "Of course the accusation against the Augsburg Confession, involves an exhibition of Luther and Melancthon, those pillars of the Reformation, as teaching heretical doctrines, which are not in accordance with the word of God." p. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann With one exception the dozen Lutheran churches of other tongues recognize no responsibility to propagate the faith of the Augsburg Confession in the language of the city in which they live. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems "Whoever will be a teacher shall solemnly promise that he will teach according to the Word of God, and the Augsburg Confession, and the doctrine of our Church." American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod According to the seventh article the only churches "entitled to the name Evangelical Lutheran are those which sincerely hold and truthfully confess the doctrines of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The material from which Melanchthon constructed the Augsburg Confession is, in the last analysis, none other than the Reformation truths which Luther had proclaimed since 1517 with ever-increasing clarity and force. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church "The errors are not, on the side of the Augsburg Confession, but on the side of those who agitate our Lutheran Church with the introduction of a fatherless and motherless child, the Definite Platform." American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Synod of New York requires that candidates be confirmed, accept the Augsburg Confession, lead a Christian life, obey the constitution and any other regulations that may hereafter be adopted. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems This is the reason why nothing can be introduced among us, now nor at any time hereafter, which may be repugnant to the Bible and the Augsburg Confession of Faith. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod We accept and acknowledge the doctrines of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in its original sense as throughout in conformity with the pure truth of which God's Word is the only rule. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) To this Christian Augsburg Confession, so thoroughly grounded in God's Word, we herewith pledge ourselves again from our inmost hearts. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Resolutions first and second declare the "doctrinal Platform" to consist of the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the American Recension of the Augsburg Confession, together with the General Synod's Formula of Government and Discipline. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The later Confessions supplement and explain the statements of the Augsburg Confession. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems He then told me that the Bible was his creed, and not the Augsburg Confession, and that the said Confession contained things which were not in the Scriptures. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod A doctrine of rigid aloofness and separatism was developed as a wall of defense, as binding upon a Missourian's conscience as almost any article in the Augsburg Confession could possibly be. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Even before 1549 the candidates for philosophical degrees were also pledged by oath to the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church This American Recension or Revision of the Augsburg Confession, contains, unaltered, the doctrinal articles of that Confession, except, that a few sentences are omitted, and nothing added in their stead. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann At the same time it is also true that many churches, whose Lutheranism cannot be impugned, find in the Augsburg Confession an adequate expression of their doctrinal position. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Neither the Augsburg Confession nor the Bible was designated as the foundation of the General Synod, nor even so much as mentioned in the Planentwurf. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod In 1872 Synod adopted an essay of Dr. Dorsch, in which he declares that the General Synod South unequivocally confesses the Augsburg Confession in its true, real, and original sense. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) According to the Pomeranian Church Order which Bugenhagen drew up in 1535, pastors were pledged to the Augsburg Confession and the Apology thereof. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church "That Christians are accountable to God alone for their religious principles," and says not a word about adherence to the Augsburg Confession, as one of the principles of our church. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann In 1664 the island was captured by the English and the Lutherans succeeded in obtaining a charter with permission to call a minister and conduct services in accordance with the teachings of the Augsburg Confession. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Charles, the youngest son, was pastor in Ohio and published a translation of the Augsburg Confession in 1834. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The doctrinal articles of the Augsburg Confession are all articles of faith, and all articles of faith are fundamental. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In 1834 a translation of the German text of the Augsburg Confession with "Preliminary Observations" was published at Newmarket, Va., by Charles Henkel, Prof. Schmidt of the Seminary at Columbus O., assisting in this work. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church All that the Recension contains is therefore the unadulterated Augsburg Confession, slightly abridged. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann They long for the time when the adherents of the Augsburg Confession may unite in one great body, "beautiful as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners." The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Nothing short of clear proof and conviction from the Word of God and the Augsburg Confession would satisfy the Henkels. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Moreover, at its first convention in 1863, the General Synod in the Confederate States, the liberal-minded Bachman presiding, after animated discussions, declared in favor of a qualified subscription to the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Without him there would have been no Evangelical cause, no Diet of Augsburg, no Evangelical confessors, no Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church And as the Rev. Mr. Mann confines himself to the alleged errors of the Augsburg Confession, we shall, with little exception, do the same. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Its earliest designation was not "The Lutheran Church," but "Churches of the Augsburg Confession." The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems The constitution does nowhere say that the Augsburg Confession of Faith, or Luther's Catechism, or the Bible shall be the foundation of doctrine and discipline of the General Synod. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod The General Synod, they maintained, adopted the Augsburg Confession "as to fundamentals," the doctrines held in common by all Evangelical denominations. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In some copies the passage from the Augsburg Confession, quoted in Art. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church On page 5 of the Platform, we find a definite list of the errors contained in the Augsburg Confession, viz.: American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Augsburg Confession of Faith, prepared by Melanchthon and Luther, was formed in A.D. Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis In 1821 they resolved on a Liturgy to be prepared by Paul Henkel "according to the Augsburg Confession of Faith and the Bible." American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod And securing these points of the Tenth Article of the Augsburg Confession, Krauth continued: "Let the General Synod allow perfect freedom, as she has hitherto done, to reject or receive the rest of the article." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Melanchthon declared evasively that all evangelical delegates and pastors present were agreed in the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In the same connexion it is stated, "These are the only errors contained in the Augsburg Confession." American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann It becomes the Augsburg Confession of the Jewish Reformation, from which dates the gradual possession of the institutions of the nation by ethical and spiritual religion. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible I told him then that he had departed from the Augsburg Confession, and, of course, from the Lutheran Church. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod We are bound to believe only that the sublime plan of the Gospel is taught in the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Accordingly, the Formula also declared it as its object to prove that the doctrines it presented were in harmony with the Bible, as well as with the teaching of Luther and the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Had we been writing for those unacquainted with the Augsburg Confession, the qualifications here referred to, might have been specified. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann He formulated the twenty-eight articles of the evangelical faith known as the "Augsburg Confession." The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Of the Lutherans the most numerous are the Evangelical Lutherans, who faithfully maintain the Augsburg Confession, while the Moderns, known as Reinstated Lutherans, abandoned that organ of doctrine. Dutch Life in Town and Country It also holds that some of the doctrines of the Augsburg Confession are not fundamental. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Among the errors rejected in the Augsburg Confession and the subsequent Lutheran symbols were those also of the Anabaptists, Antitrinitarians, and others. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church These assembled and took into consideration the Augsburg Confession of the Protestant States, deliberating on one article after another, and the first day agreed upon eleven articles. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann When I publish again, I should like to bring out more fully the bearing of the Augsburg Confession on the Thirty-nine Articles. Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 The Elector, on the contrary, was anxious, as his privilege was hurt by this neglect, to nominate a bishop of his own choice, and, moreover, a member of the Augsburg Confession. Life of Luther The Augsburg Confession was not to be followed unconditionally; its binding force was expressly limited to the fundamentals. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) This Preface, prepared by Elector Frederick and the Wittenberg Crypto-Calvinist Cracow, also asserted that hitherto no doctrinal corruptions or deviations from the Augsburg Confession had been tolerated among the Lutherans. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Let us now, in the second place, inquire, Whether the Reformers employed the word mass in its proper and specific meaning in the disputed passages of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Are they not the same by which Melancthon de-Calvinized, at least de-Augustinized, the heroic Luther;— those which constitute one of the only two essential differences between the Augsburg Confession and the Calvinistic Articles of Faith? Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. The deputies who signed their names declared their common acceptance of the Augsburg Confession and the Apology. Life of Luther Dr. Mann was right when he characterized the Platform as "the emasculated Augsburg Confession." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The conference decided that a new confession was not needed, and unanimously recognized the Augsburg Confession, its Apology, the Smalcald Articles, and the Catechisms of Luther. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The same fact is confirmed still further by the Apology to the Augsburg Confession, written by Melancthon, in reply to the Romish Refutation, from which we have just presented an extract. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Those of the Augsburg Confession were furious, and refused to make common cause with the new arrivals. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries How distinctly this was done will be apparent to any one who compares the propositions accepted at the Conference of Ratisbon with the Catholic reply to the Augsburg Confession of 1530. Life of Luther Till 1864, then, the exact constitutional basis of the General Synod as such was not the Augsburg Confession, but the indefinite phrase: "the fundamental doctrines of the Bible as taught by our Church." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Luther's doctrine, according to the Formula of Concord, is embodied in the old Lutheran symbols, and was "collected into the articles and chapters of the Augsburg Confession." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church From this it is evident that the Papists had correctly understood the Augsburg Confession as speaking of the mass properly so called; and that we have therefore also not misunderstood or misrepresented it. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann According to the terms of this convention full freedom of conscience was conceded in the Empire to Catholics and to all Protestants who accepted the Augsburg Confession. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 Shortly after this, Luther received the great news that the summary of belief of German Protestants, or Augsburg Confession, had been submitted on June 25 to the Emperor and the Estates, in the German language. Life of Luther A fair analysis of this document yields the propositions: The General Synod receives the Bible and the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It acknowledges as its doctrinal basis the Holy Scriptures, the three Ecumenical Creeds, the Augsburg Confession, its Apology, the Smalcald Articles, and Luther's two Catechisms. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church And finally: We proved that the Romanists used it in this sense at the Diet, in their pretended Refutation of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann When the Synod met the senators demanded that Sigismund should accept the Augsburg Confession as a condition for his election to the throne. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 Instead of adhering to the Augsburg Confession, a great many of the Lutheran professors and preachers were attacking some of its leading doctrines. A History of the Moravian Church It admits the inference that not all of the doctrines of the Augsburg Confession are essential to the Lutheran scheme. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Luther is spoken of as "this highly illumined man," "the hero illumined with unparalleled and most excellent gifts of the Holy Ghost," "the leading teacher of the Augsburg Confession." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church We then add several extracts from the Augsburg Confession, showing that the confessors rejected the sacrificial and vicarious nature of the mass, as well as other objectionable features of it. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The changes made in the Augsburg Confession brought great distress, heavy cares, and bitter struggles upon the Lutheran Church both from within and without. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church If the Brethren made terms with kings at all, they should take their stand, not, forsooth, as good workmen who would help to fatten the soil, but rather as loyal adherents of the Augsburg Confession. A History of the Moravian Church We can never subscribe to the errors of the Augsburg Confession…. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The Lutheran Church, therefore, has always held that whoever candidly adopts the Augsburg Confession cannot and will not reject the Formula of Concord either. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church That the Augsburg Confession denies having rejected the mass. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Shober, probably in order to obviate the charges of the Tennessee Synod, made an effort to have a recognition of the Augsburg Confession incorporated in the constitution, but failed. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) On the one hand, he wished to be true to the Augsburg Confession; on the other hand, he would admit no doctrine that was not clearly supported by Scripture. A History of the Moravian Church It enumerates neither the doctrines of the Bible nor of the Augsburg Confession regarded as non-fundamental. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The Book was entitled: "Opinion as to how the dissensions prevailing among the theologians of the Augsburg Confession may, according to the Word of God, be agreed upon and settled in a Christian manner." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Let us first inquire what does the Augsburg Confession mean by the phrase Private Confession. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann In 1901 the Lutheran Quarterly said: "The damnamuses at the conclusion of several of the articles of the Augsburg Confession are inconsistencies . . . fundamental contradictions with the positive sense of the Confession." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In one of his discourses he says: "I regard the Augsburg Confession as inspired, and assert that it will be the creed of the Philadelphian Church till Christ comes again." A History of the Moravian Church It denies that all the doctrines of the Augsburg Confession are essential to the Christian scheme. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) According to his own statement, Melanchthon embodied Luther's doctrine in the Augsburg Confession and rejected that of the Zwinglians. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church That it was retained by the Augsburg Confession and other symbolical books. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Like ourselves, they acknowledge the Augsburg Confession as their common bond of union, and have, ever since the commencement of the last century, sustained a peculiar and intimate relation towards our Church. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) At that time there were none amongst the friends of the General Synod who did not reject several tenets of the Augsburg Confession, such as private confession and absolution, as we all still do. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Prior to 1864 the General Synod as such, however, was not in any shape or manner committed to the Augsburg Confession constitutionally. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Again, in November of the same year: "Regarding the Lord's Supper, we retain the Augsburg Confession and Apology." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church That private confession and absolution were inculcated by the Augsburg Confession, is so evident, that it cannot be successfully denied. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The symbolical books of the General Synod and the seminary at Gettysburg are the Bible and the Augsburg Confession, as a substantially correct exhibition of the fundamental truths of the Bible. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The doctrinal basis then adopted and embodied in the Constitution does not mention the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) We reply, in general: First, that the subject of her general affirmation is not the Book of Concord as a whole, but simply and purely the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) For here our Church pledges adherence to "the First, Unaltered Augsburg Confession, delivered to the Emperor Charles V at Augsburg in the year 1530, in the great Diet." Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The Romish alleged Refutation of the Augsburg Confession, on the above cited Art. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann It leaves the question whether all of those twenty-one articles of the Augsburg Confession are to be regarded as "fundamental doctrines of the Bible" undecided. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It also teaches that denial of some of the doctrines of the Augsburg Confession is not a matter of church discipline. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Schmucker, "the most authentic interpreter of the Constitution of the General Synod and that of its theological seminary," never identified the "fundamental doctrines of the Bible" with the twenty-one articles of the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Among the open advocates of force were Cochlaeus, Eck, Faber, and the theologians and monks who flocked to Augsburg in large numbers about the time the Augsburg Confession was read. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church XXVI. of Augsburg Confession, being Topic V. of the Abuses Corrected, the confession says: "Confession is not commanded in Scripture, but has been instituted by the church." American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann We have thus found the statements of the Definite Platform, as to the tenets taught in the Augsburg Confession and other Symbolical books, established by the most careful and conscientious investigation of the original sources. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann American Recension, Digest of, 61. ————- ————- originated from respect to Augsburg Confession, 44. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Synod of Virginia, organized in 1829 by eight ministers and two lay delegates and confessing the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, was admitted by the General Synod in 1839. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) In the Apology, just as in the Augsburg Confession, everything springs from, and is regulated by, the fundamental Lutheran principle of Law and Gospel, sin and grace, faith and justification. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church For ourselves we do not think it taught as clearly in the Augsburg Confession, as most of the other errors touched on in the Definite Platform. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Disadvantages attending the preparation of Augsburg Confession, 48. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Faber, his attempted refutation of Augsburg Confession, 76. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann The Tennessee Synod violently condemned the new body as hierarchical, and because its constitution did not so much as mention the Bible and the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) The tone of the Apology is much sharper than that of the Augsburg Confession. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The following passages will suffice to explain this view:— Augsburg Confession, Art. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Refutation, papal, of Augsburg Confession, 79. ————- distinguishes between mass and eucharist, 79. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Spalatin, his abstract of Augsburg Confession, 79. ————- distinguishes between mass and Lord's Supper, 79. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Appealing to this section, S. S. Schmucker, in 1855, claimed that he was within his constitutional rights in urging the General Synod to substitute the Definite Platform for the Augsburg Confession. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) |
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