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
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

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Folkekirken confessionalBasis Augsburg Confession
Diocese of Aalborg follows Augsburg Confession
Diocese of Ribe follows Augsburg Confession
Diet of Augsburg (1530) mainSubject Augsburg Confession
Diet of Augsburg (1530) confessionalDocumentPresented Augsburg Confession
this entity surface form: Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)
EKiR confessionalBasis Augsburg Confession
subject surface form: Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
GEKE theologicalBasis Augsburg Confession
this entity surface form: Augsburg Confession tradition
EKHN follows Augsburg Confession
ELKWUE followsConfession Augsburg Confession
ELCH followsConfession Augsburg Confession
Lutheran Church–Canada (close partner) usesConfession Augsburg Confession
subject surface form: Lutheran Church–Canada
Schmalkaldic League legalBasis Augsburg Confession
CELC confessionalStandard Augsburg Confession
Ukrainian Lutheran Church confession Augsburg Confession
Lutheran Church of Cameroon followsConfession Augsburg Confession
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peru confession Augsburg Confession
Philipp Schwartzerdt notableWork Augsburg Confession
European Lutheran churches usesText Augsburg Confession
Diocese of Hamar follows Augsburg Confession
Evangelical Lutheran Church usesConfession Augsburg Confession
Evangelical Church in Baden follows Augsburg Confession