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Melanchthon, a close friend of Martin Luther and a Professor of New Testament at Wittenberg University, was called upon to draft a common confession for the Lutheran Lords and Free Territories. The resulting document, the Augsburg Confession was presented to the emperor on June 25, 1530.
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation.
The Augsburg Confession was presented June 25, 1530, in German and Latin at the Diet of Augsburg to the emperor Charles V by seven Lutheran princes and two imperial free cities. The principal author was the reformer Philipp Melanchthon, who drew on earlier Lutheran statements of faith.
Jan 26, 2022 · The Augsburg Confession became a rallying point for the Lutheran princes of Germany, inspired the creation of other confessions of faith, and remains the affirmation of the Lutheran Church in the present.
1 Confession in the churches is not abolished among us; for it is not usual to give the body of the Lord, except to them that have been previously examined and absolved. And 2 the people are most carefully taught concerning faith in the absolution, about which formerly there 3 was profound silence.
Jun 23, 2021 · For Lutherans, the primary means of instruction in the faith other than the Bible is Martin Luther’s Small Catechism. But in terms of a public statement of faith, the most important document for Lutherans is the Augsburg Confession (also known as the “Augustana” from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana ), adhered to by all Lutheran ...
The Augsburg Confession is the official, formal statement of the Lutherans in the 16th century of what they believed, taught, and confessed as based upon the Holy Scriptures and as the orthodox, catholic, confessional, evangelical Church has believed and taught and confessed throughout history.
