A Translation of the Confession of AugsburgWilliam Henry Teale T.W. Green, 1842 - 82 pages |
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Page xvii
... disputes . On this occasion the Lutherans were permitted to produce a written statement of their religious principles and tenets , which docu- ment is known in history by the name " the Confession of Augsburg . " The following account ...
... disputes . On this occasion the Lutherans were permitted to produce a written statement of their religious principles and tenets , which docu- ment is known in history by the name " the Confession of Augsburg . " The following account ...
Page xxiii
... dispute ; that they desired to have a copy of the confutation of their Confession . The Emperor did not think fit at that time to grant it them , but two days after he offered them one , upon condition that they should not publish it ...
... dispute ; that they desired to have a copy of the confutation of their Confession . The Emperor did not think fit at that time to grant it them , but two days after he offered them one , upon condition that they should not publish it ...
Page xxv
... disputed against in part , and the other three were remitted to the second part , of their confession , about which it was harder to agree . The Lutherans agreed to these points of doctrine . That men should not for the future , be said ...
... disputed against in part , and the other three were remitted to the second part , of their confession , about which it was harder to agree . The Lutherans agreed to these points of doctrine . That men should not for the future , be said ...
Page xxvi
... dispute about ecclesiastical jurisdiction , and the power of Bishops , Melancthon gave way more than many of his own party , especially the Free Cities would have had him : but it appears from Seckendorff's account of this matter , when ...
... dispute about ecclesiastical jurisdiction , and the power of Bishops , Melancthon gave way more than many of his own party , especially the Free Cities would have had him : but it appears from Seckendorff's account of this matter , when ...
Page xxxiii
... their Confession , unless the disputes in connexion with it should be previously settled , to abandon the appeal which they had already made to such an assembly . E CHIEF ARTICLES OF FAITH . Rome I. OF GOD . PREFACE . xxxiii.
... their Confession , unless the disputes in connexion with it should be previously settled , to abandon the appeal which they had already made to such an assembly . E CHIEF ARTICLES OF FAITH . Rome I. OF GOD . PREFACE . xxxiii.
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Page 77 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? touch not, taste not, handle not; which all are to perish with the using, after the commandments and doctrines of men. Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Page 49 - Nay, so far was it from the purpose of the Church of England to forsake and reject the Churches of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, or any such like churches, in all things which they held and practised, that, as the apology of the Church of England confesseth, it doth with reverence retain those ceremonies which do neither endamage the Church of God, nor offend the minds of sober men : and only departed from them in those particular points, wherein they were fallen both from themselves in their ancient...
Page 40 - Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special confession of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter.
Page 77 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 37 - Man ; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.
Page 73 - Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose . sins ye retain, they are> retained.
Page vii - The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
Page 35 - ... that there is one divine essence, which is called and is God, eternal, incorporeal, indivisible, infinite in power, wisdom and goodness, the Creator and preserver of all things visible and invisible : and yet that there are three persons, who are of the same essence and power, and are coeternal, The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Page 73 - Upon him being one He builds His Church ; and though He gives to all the Apostles an equal power and says, As My Father sent Me, even so send I you; receive ye the Holy Ghost...
Page 40 - And because it is requisite, that no man should come to the holy Communion, but with a full trust in God's mercy, and with a quiet conscience ; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means cannot quiet his own conscience herein, but requireth further comfort or counsel ; let him come to me, or to some other discreet and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief; that by the ministry of God's holy Word he may receive the benefit of absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice,...