Augsburg Confession

The reformers issued there a "confession" of their faith, known as the Augsburg Confession, and which placed them for ever apart from the old Roman Catholic

Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead

But if the Augsburg Confession were the constitution, every member would readily agree to it.

American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod 1894

That, inasmuch as the Augsburg Confession is the original, generic confession of the Lutheran Church, accepted by Luther and his coadjutors, and subscribed to by all Lutheran bodies the world over, we therefore deem it an adequate and sufficient standard of Lutheran doctrine.

American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) 1894

As to making the symbolic character of a book depend on its being found in any particular number of editions or in them all, it is inadmissible, because, as Dr. Hase remarks, and the respected author of the Plea admits, the Augsburg Confession is the only one of the Lutheran symbolical books which has been universally received throughout the church.

American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann 1836

His "masterful clearness and vigorous doctrine" were also admired in the "Apology" for the Augsburg Confession, which is more decided in tone because written at a later date (when

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Felix Mendelssohn surely understood the subtleties of the Augsburg Confession (with its credo that "there is one Divine Essence which is called and which is God ... and yet there are three Persons, of the same essence and power, who also are coeternal, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost") when he celebrated that document's anniversary in his "Reformation" Symphony, Opus 107, of 1830.

Mendelssohn Really Was a Lutheran 2009

Lutherans, who faithfully maintain the Augsburg Confession, while the

Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

But it finally won his heart, when he learned to know it in its pure form through the Augsburg Confession and the Apology of Melancthon, while the Catholic Refutation drawn up for the Diet of Augsburg excited his disgust.

Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

Catholic reply to the Augsburg Confession of 1530.

Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

Roman Catholic Church; for the Augsburg Confession was adopted in 1530, while the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, which are the

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism Joseph Stump