by John | May 16, 2020 | Blog, Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, Dr. Martin Luther, Written
The Second Part is about the articles that pertain to the office and work of Jesus Christ, or to our redemption. Here is the first and chief article [1] That Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, “was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our...
by John | Sep 1, 2019 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, The Augsburg Confession, Written
[1] Furthermore, it is taught that we cannot obtain forgiveness of sin and righteousness before God through our merit, work, or satisfactions, but that we receive forgiveness of sin and become righteous before God out of grace for Christ’s sake through faith [2] when...
by John | Aug 30, 2019 | Audio, Creeds & Confessions, Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Pastor Tapani Simojoki
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by John | Aug 29, 2019 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, The Augsburg Confession, Written
[1] Likewise, it is taught that God the Son became a human being, born of the pure Virgin Mary, [2] and that the two natures, the divine and the human, are so inseparably united in one person that there is one Christ. He is true God and true human being who truly [3]...
by John | Aug 15, 2019 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, Written
[1–2] Whoever wants to be saved must, above all, hold the catholic* faith. Whoever does not keep it whole and inviolate will doubtless perish eternally. [3] This, however, is the catholic* faith: that we worship one God in trinity and the Trinity in unity, [4] neither...
by John | Aug 7, 2019 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, The Augsburg Confession, Written
[1] Furthermore, it is taught among us that since the fall of Adam, all human beings who are born in the natural way are conceived and born in sin. This means that from birth they are full of evil lust and inclination and cannot by nature possess true fear of God and...
by John | Jul 24, 2019 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, The Augsburg Confession, Written
[1] In the first place, it is with one accord taught and held, following the decree of the Council of Nicea, [2] that there is one divine essence which is named God and truly is God. [3] But there are three persons in the same one essence, equally powerful, equally...
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