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Augsburg, Confession of

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Augsburg, Confession of (1530). The Lutheran confession of faith presented to the Emp. Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. Its language is studiously moderate. The first part epitomizes the essential Lutheran doctrines; the second reviews abuses for which remedy is sought.

The original text of the Confession (the so-called ‘Invariata’) remains a standard of faith in Lutheran Churches. A revised text issued by P. Melanchthon in 1540 (the ‘Variata’) is accepted by the Reformed (Calvinist) Churches in some parts of Germany.

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Confession of Augsburg

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Confession of Augsburg see creed 4.

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