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Augsburg Confession
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Augsburg Confession: see creed 1 The Nicene Creed, beginning, "I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus Christ … .
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Augsburg Confession

Basic doctrinal statement of Lutheranism. Its principal author was Philipp Melanchthon, and it was presented to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530. Its purpose was to defend the Lutherans against misrepresentations of their teachings and to provide a statement of theology that Roman Catholics might accept. It consisted of 28 articles that outlined Lutheran doctrine and listed abuses that had crept into Western Christendom over the centuries. The unaltered document has remained authoritative for Lutherans, and a heavily revised version by Melanchthon is accepted by some Reformed churches. Translated into English in 1536, it had a major influence on the Anglican Church's Thirty-nine Articles and the Methodists' Twenty-five Articles of Religion.



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Im Schatten der Confessio Augustana, a collection of essays which grew out of a colloquium held at the University of Augsburg in 1994, investigates a number of subjects relevant to the Diet of Augsburg (1530).
Im Schatten der Confessio Augustana, a collection of essays which grew out of a colloquium held at the University of Augsburg in 1994, investigates a number of subjects relevant to the Diet of Augsburg (1530).
Im Schatten der Confessio Augustana, a collection of essays which grew out of a colloquium held at the University of Augsburg in 1994, investigates a number of subjects relevant to the Diet of Augsburg (1530).
 
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