Württemberg Confession

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Lutheran confession of faith Reformation-era doctrinal statement

The Württemberg Confession is a 16th-century Lutheran statement of faith, chiefly authored by reformer Johann Brenz, that articulated the theological positions of the Duchy of Württemberg during the Reformation.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Bekenntnisschriften der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lutheran confession of faith ⓘ Reformation-era doctrinal statement ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine	authority of Scripture ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ two sacraments (Baptism and the Lord's Supper) ⓘ
approximateDate	mid-16th century ⓘ
author	Johann Brenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefAuthor	Johann Brenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Ducal government of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
confessionalFamily	Book of Concord tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Evangelical (Lutheran) ⓘ
doctrineType	Christology ⓘ sacramental theology ⓘ soteriology ⓘ
follows	Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	confessional document ⓘ
hasSection	articles on God and the Trinity ⓘ articles on sin and justification ⓘ articles on the Church and ministry ⓘ articles on the sacraments ⓘ
historicalContext	Protestant Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to the development of Lutheran confessional identity ⓘ expressed a territorial church's stance during the Reformation ⓘ
influencedBy	Augsburg Confession (1530) NERFINISHED ⓘ Philipp Melanchthon's theology ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to articulate the theological positions of the Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ to present Lutheran doctrine at international religious colloquies ⓘ
region	Southwestern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	Anabaptist views on baptism ⓘ Roman Catholic sacrificial understanding of the Mass ⓘ radical reformation ecclesiology ⓘ
religiousTradition	Lutheranism NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Lutheran dogmatics ⓘ church reform ⓘ relations between Protestants and Roman Catholics ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Lutheran orthodoxy ⓘ Magisterial Reformation ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ
usedAs	official doctrinal standard in Württemberg ⓘ
usedBy	Lutheran theologians of Württemberg ⓘ

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

Johann Brenz → doctrineDeveloped → Württemberg Confession ⓘ

Kirchenordnung der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg → basiertAuf → Württemberg Confession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bekenntnisschriften der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg