Augsburg Confession
Protestant faith statement
The Augsburg Confession is the foundational statement of Lutheran belief, presented to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1530 at the Diet of Augsburg.
Written primarily by Philip Melanchthon, it articulates Lutheran positions on faith, grace, and church practice while seeking reconciliation with Catholic authorities.
It remains a defining document for Lutheran churches worldwide: The seminary required students to study the Augsburg Confession.
Protestant Reformation founder
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- 95 ThesesProtest against ecclesiastical corruption
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- papacyPope's office and authority
excommunication · Diet of Worms · Counter-Reformation · schism · heresy · Protestantism · Calvinism · Anabaptist
Reason proving rightness
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- faith aloneJustification by belief only
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
Eucharist · original sin · repentance · salvation · gospel · doctrine · ecclesiology · ordination
Medieval Germanic political entity
- Peace of Augsburg1555 German religious treaty
- Schmalkaldic LeagueProtestant princes' mutual defense pact
- AugsburgBavarian city, Roman-founded
- Thirty Years' War1618-1648 European religious conflict
Foundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
tenets · Nicene Creed · Apostles' Creed · catechism · beliefs · church teaching
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation founder
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- 95 ThesesProtest against ecclesiastical corruption
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
papacy · excommunication · Diet of Worms · Counter-Reformation · schism · heresy · Protestantism · Calvinism · Anabaptist · iconoclasm
justification
Reason proving rightness
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- faith aloneJustification by belief only
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
baptism · Eucharist · original sin · repentance · salvation · gospel · doctrine · ecclesiology · ordination · liturgy
Holy Roman Empire
Medieval Germanic political entity
- Peace of Augsburg1555 German religious treaty
- Schmalkaldic LeagueProtestant princes' mutual defense pact
- AugsburgBavarian city, Roman-founded
articles of faith
Foundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
theology · tenets · Nicene Creed · Apostles' Creed · catechism · beliefs · church teaching
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- German ChristianityMartin Luther, Luther, Lutheran, Lutherans, Lutheran Church
- German ProtestantismMartin Luther, 95 Theses, Lutheranism, Reformation, Wittenberg
- German ReligionMartin Luther, Lutheranism, Wittenberg, Diet of Worms, Protestantism
- LutheranismMartin Luther, Luther, 95 Theses, Ninety-Five Theses, Lutheran churches
- American LutheranismConcordia, Valparaiso, parochial schools, mission work
Augsburg ConfessionCouncil of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
Augsburg ConfessionCounter-Reformation
Church's internal reform movement
Augsburg ConfessionWestminster Confession
Seventeenth-century Reformed statement
confess, confession, confessed, confessor, confesses, confessional, confessionals, nonconfessional