Augsburg Confession

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Lutheran confession Reformation-era doctrinal statement confessional document

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Augsburg Confession canonical	85
Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)	1
Augsburg Confession tradition	1
Confessio Augustana invariata	1
Diet of Augsburg (1530)	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ Last Supper ⓘ surface form: Lord's 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	Augsburg Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Confessio Augustana invariata Book of Concord ⓘ surface form: Confessio Augustana variata
historicalContext	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
includedIn	Book of Concord ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
opposedBy	Confutatio Pontificia ⓘ
placePresented	Diet of Augsburg ⓘ
presentedTo	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Emperor Charles V
primaryAuthor	Philip Melanchthon ⓘ surface form: Philipp Melanchthon
purpose	to explain Lutheran beliefs to the emperor ⓘ to seek religious peace in the empire ⓘ
religiousTradition	Lutheranism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
respondedToBy	Book of Concord ⓘ surface form: Apology of the Augsburg Confession
theologicalEmphasis	authority of Scripture ⓘ doctrine of the Church ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ sacramental theology ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Evangelical Catholic ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America → usesConfessions → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Lutheranism → hasConfessionalDocument → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Augsburg Confession → hasPart → Augsburg Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confessio Augustana invariata

Philip Melanchthon → notableWork → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Philip Melanchthon → coAuthorOf → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Philip Melanchthon → participantIn → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diet of Augsburg (1530)

Book of Concord → containsWork → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark → hasConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland → hasOfficialConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria → confession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Church in Central Germany → confession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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Evangelical Church of Württemberg → followsConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick → doctrine → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Protestant Church in the Netherlands → hasConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Church of Norway → follows → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Lutheran Church in America → doctrine → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → confessionalStandard → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod → confessionalStandard → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference → confessionalBasis → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Catholic Lutheranism → affirms → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Lutheran Church (for reading and instruction) → hasDoctrinalSource → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Diet of Augsburg → hasMainSubject → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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John the Steadfast → signed → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Philipp → notableWork → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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Elector John of Saxony → supported → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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Church of Iceland → confessionalBasis → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Jakob Andreae → confession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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Evangelical Lutheran Synod → usesConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

Lutheran Church in France → usesConfession → Augsburg Confession ⓘ

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