Confession • Confutation • Apology [Defense] 1 Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for. The Augsburg Confession. These “gods” are not all the same – there are many different “gods” which human beings choose to believe in. A full copy of which you can find HERE. 1 Our churches teach that people cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works. Every civilization in the world has a belief in “god” in one form or another. XIV of the Augsburg Confession treats it." May 3, 2014 by PastorRich. Luther puts it this way in his Schwabach Articles, from which Article 5 of the Augsburg Confession is taken.
4] But that we may strengthen the position of our Confession, and also remove the charges which the adversaries advance against us, certain things are to be premised in the beginning, in order that the sources of both kinds of doctrine, i.e., both that of our adversaries and our own, may be known.
Augsburg Confession . Article XXV- Confession Article XXVI- The Distinction of Foods Article XXVII- Monastic Vows Article XXVIII- Ecclesiastical Power Conclusion. The Chief Article. (4.) Augsburg Confession, Articles 4-5. The Augsburg Confession Delivered to the Emperor, Charles V, at the Diet of Augsburg, A.D. 1530 “I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.” (Psalm 119:46) Preface
AC IV: Justification. The Augsburg Confession was composed with the approval of M. Luther by his closest colleague, P. Melanchthon, and was presented to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. Article 1. This is my fourth post in a series on the unaltered Augsburg Confession. Article XXV- Confession Article XXVI- The Distinction of Foods Article XXVII- Monastic Vows Article XXVIII- Ecclesiastical Power Conclusion. Augsburg Confession – Article 5 – The Ministry of the Word. To the average reader it may not seem like this article is of great importance especially when one considers the brevity in which it is presented. By the sixteenth century, the Church was at the height of the Diet of Augsburg (1530) in a ‘state of confession’ as Charles V would tolerate to hear a confession of faith from the Reformers to attempt to resolve the schism that had began since 1517 with Luther’s Ninety-five Theses (PE 1.29-38, LW 31.25-33, WA 1.233-238). The Augsburg Confession. / The Augsburg Confession / Article IV. The Gospel itself hinges on this doctrine, the minute you start adding the merits of man to salvation the Gospel is swallowed up by the Law. This article on justification is the chief article in the entire confession.
4] But that we may strengthen the position of our Confession, and also remove the charges which the adversaries advance against us, certain things are to be premised in the beginning, in order that the sources of both kinds of doctrine, i.e., both that of our adversaries and our own, may be known. Of Original Sin. Of Justification. Of Justification.