Tetrapolitan Confession
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The Tetrapolitan Confession is a 1530 Reformation-era Protestant statement of faith representing four South German cities, reflecting a more Reformed-leaning alternative to the Lutheran Augsburg Confession.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Protestant confession of faith
ⓘ
Reformation-era document ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Confessio Tetrapolitana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Martin Bucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityGroupType | imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Wolfgang Capito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Strasbourg city council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Lutheran Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confessionalFamily | Reformed tradition ⓘ |
| date | 1530 ⓘ |
| doctrinalStance |
affirms authority of Scripture
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affirms justification by faith ⓘ rejects corporeal presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ |
| emphasis |
moderation between Lutheran and Reformed positions
ⓘ
unity among evangelical cities ⓘ |
| genre | confessional document ⓘ |
| historicalInfluence | early step toward distinct Reformed confessional identity ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | later largely superseded by more clearly Reformed confessions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Huldrych Zwingli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swiss Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| laterReception | less widely adopted than later Reformed confessions ⓘ |
| namedAfter | four cities ⓘ |
| numberOfArticles | 23 ⓘ |
| opposedTo | certain Lutheran doctrines ⓘ |
| placeOfPresentation | Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Diet of Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnLordSupper | symbolic or spiritual presence of Christ ⓘ |
| purpose | to present the faith of four South German cities at the Diet of Augsburg ⓘ |
| region | South Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationType | Reformed-leaning alternative to the Augsburg Confession ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Protestantism ⓘ |
| represents |
Constance
NERFINISHED
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Lindau NERFINISHED ⓘ Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stanceOnChurchDiscipline | strong emphasis on church discipline ⓘ |
| stanceOnImages | more iconoclastic than mainstream Lutheranism ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian doctrine
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church order ⓘ justification ⓘ sacraments ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Reformed-leaning
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Zwinglian-leaning ⓘ |
| year | 1530 ⓘ |
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