The Augsburg Confession, Latin Text

by Robert Kolb; Timothy J. Wengert

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2000

Overview

This resource is the Latin text of The Augsburg Confession from The Book of Concord, edited by Robert Kolb and Timothy J Wengert.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Likewise, they teach that human beings cannot be justified before God by their own powers, merits, or works. But they are justified as a gift⁴⁵ on account of Christ through faith when they believe that they are received into grace⁵² and that their sins are forgiven on account of Christ, who by his death made satisfaction for our sins.⁵³ God reckons this faith as righteousness (Rom. 3[:21–26*] and 4[:5*]).” (Pages 39–41)

“Now, properly speaking, repentance consists of two parts: one is contrition or the terrors that strike the conscience when sin is recognized; the other is faith, which is brought to life by the gospel or absolution. This faith believes that sins are forgiven on account of Christ, consoles the conscience, and liberates it from terrors.⁷⁰ Thereupon good works, which are the fruit of repentance, should follow.” (Page 45)

“People are also reminded that the term ‘faith’ here does not signify only historical knowledge—the kind of faith that the ungodly and the devil have—but that it signifies faith which believes not only the history but also the effect of the history, namely, this article of the forgiveness of sins, that is, that we have grace, righteousness, and forgiveness of sins through Christ.” (Page 57)

“People said that vows were equal to baptism, and they taught that vows merited forgiveness of sins and justification before God through this kind of life.” (Page 83)

“no one should teach publicly in the church or administer the sacraments unless properly called.^{81” (Page 47)}

Product Details

• Title: The Augsburg Confession, Latin Text
• Authors: Robert Kolb, Timothy J. Wengert
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2000
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Lutheran Church › Catechisms and creeds
• Resource ID: LLS:16.0.14
• Resource Type: text.monograph.confessional-document
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:21:47Z

About the Editors

Robert Kolb is Missions Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Timothy J. Wengert is Professor of Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.