by John | Sep 10, 2020 | Book of Concord, The Augsburg Confession, Written
1] Also they teach that this faith is bound to bring forth good fruits, and that it is necessary to do good works commanded by God, because of God’s will, but that we should not rely on those works to merit justification 2] before God. For remission of sins and...
by John | Sep 7, 2020 | Book of Concord, The Apology, The Augsburg Confession, Wittenberg vs Rome, Written
Introduction When the Augsburg Confession was presented to Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, a Roman Catholic repsonse to the confession was made (called the Confutation), followed by a defense of the Augsburg Confession known as the “Apology or...
by John | Sep 7, 2020 | Book of Concord, Creeds & Confessions, The Augsburg Confession, Written
1] That we may obtain this faith, the Ministry of Teaching the Gospel and administering the Sacraments was instituted. For through the Word and Sacraments, as through instruments, 2] the Holy Ghost is given, who works faith; where and when it pleases God, in them that...
by John | Sep 1, 2020 | Audio, Being Lutheran, The Augsburg Confession
I have recently been listening to the guys over at Being Lutheran and have been enjoying their discussion on the Augsburg Confession immensely. As I’ve probably said elsewhere, this is one of my personal favourite podcasts, as it is full of light-hearted and...
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 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 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...
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