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Book of Concord

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Book of Concord, name under which the collected documents of the authoritative confessions of faith of the Lutheran Church were published in 1580, the 50th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. The Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian creeds were included with the particular Lutheran confessions that had appeared from 1530 to 1580. These were the Augsburg Confession, Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Schmalkald Articles, Luther's Larger and Smaller Catechisms, and the Formula of Concord.
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Paul, lived long enough to understand that fidelity rather than timidity has its price, yet there stands at the head of the Augsburg Confession this bold verse from the Psalms (119:46): "I shall also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame" (Kolb/Wengert, Book of Concord, p.
Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7): 25 June 2006 by Currents in Theology and Mission
The document adopted by the assembly listed several reasons for their departure from the Synod: Ohio's favorable disposition toward unionism, the retention of the problem distribution formula in the Lord's Supper, the refusal to require a vow to the Book of Concord in ordination, the practice of licensing candidates for a specific period of time rather than issuing a call, and the toleration of some Reformed congregations in the membership of the Synod.
Wilhelm Loehe and the Missouri Synod: forgotten paternity or living ... by Pless, John T. / Currents in Theology and Mission
1) These particular documents, standing between expositions in the Personal Prayer Book of 1522 and A Simple Way to Pray of 1536, have the additional advantage of having been included in The Book of Concord of 1580.
Martin Luther and the Ten Commandments in the Large Catechism by Wengert, Timothy J. / Currents in Theology and Mission
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