Defense of the Augsburg Confession

by Philipp Melanchthon

18 chapters12h 1mEnglish1531

About this book

The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was written by Philip Melanchthon during and after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg as a response to the Pontifical Confutation of the Augsburg Confession, Charles V's commissioned official Roman Catholic response to the Lutheran Augsburg Confession of June 25, 1530. It was intended to be a defense of the Augsburg Confession and a refutation of the Confutation. It was signed as a confession of faith by leading Lutheran magnates and clergy at the meeting of the Smalcald League in February, 1537, and subsequently included in the German [1580] and Latin [1584] Book of Concord. As the longest document in the Book of Concord, it offers the most detailed Lutheran response to the Roman Catholicism of that day as well as an extensive Lutheran exposition of the doctrine of Justification. (By Wikipedia)

Chapters (17)

101-I: Original Sin & Christ (AC 2 & 3)

1755

202-II: Justification (AC 4.1)

3840

303-III(1-61): Love and the Fulfilling of the Law (AC 4.2)

2342

404-III(62-164): Love and the Fulfilling of the Law (AC 4.2)

4433

505-III(165-222): Love and the Fulfilling of the Law (AC 4.2)

2838

606-III(223-279): Love and the Fulfilling of the Law (AC 4.2)

2131

707-IV: Church, Baptism, Holy Supper, & Confession (AC 7-11)

2884

808-V: Repentance (AC 12.1)

3328

909-VI: Repentance (AC 12.2)

3016

1010-VII: Number and Use of Sacraments & Ecclesiastical Order (AC 13-14)

771

1111-VIII: Human Traditions, Political Order, Christ's Return, Free Will, Cause of Sin, & Good Works (AC 15-20)

3049

1212-IX: Invocation of the Saints (AC 21)

1582

1313-X: Both Kinds in the Sacrament (AC 22)

605

1414-XI: Marriage of Priests (AC 23)

2383

1515-XII: The Mass (AC 24)

4272

1616-XIII: Monastic Vows (AC 27)

2553

1717-XIV: Ecclesiastical Power (AC 28)

1032

Defense of the Augsburg Confession

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