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 |
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| instanceOf |
Lutheran confession
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Reformation-era doctrinal statement → confessional document → |
| acceptedBy |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → many global Lutheran churches → |
| articleTopics |
Baptism
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God and the Trinity → 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
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| bookOfConcordStatus |
chief doctrinal standard
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| city |
Augsburg
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| commissionedBy |
Elector John of Saxony
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Lutheran princes → |
| confessionalStatus |
primary Lutheran confession
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| contains |
21 chief articles of faith
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28 articles → 7 articles on abuses to be corrected → |
| country |
Holy Roman Empire
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| date |
1530
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| doctrinalStatus |
normative for Lutheran theology
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| hasPart |
Confessio Augustana invariata
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Confessio Augustana variata → |
| historicalContext |
Protestant Reformation
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| includedIn |
Book of Concord
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| language |
German
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Latin → |
| opposedBy |
Confutatio Pontificia
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| placePresented |
Diet of Augsburg
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| presentedTo |
Emperor Charles V
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| primaryAuthor |
Philipp Melanchthon
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| purpose |
to explain Lutheran beliefs to the emperor
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to seek religious peace in the empire → |
| religiousTradition |
Lutheranism
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Protestantism → |
| respondedToBy |
Apology of the Augsburg Confession
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| theologicalEmphasis |
authority of Scripture
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doctrine of the Church → justification by faith alone → sacramental theology → |
| theologicalOrientation |
Evangelical Catholic
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