The Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531)
by Philip Melanchthon
Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau
Table of Contents
Philip Melanchthon’s Introduction to the Apology
Article I: Of God
Article II (I): Of Original Sin
Article III: Of Christ
Article IV (II): Of Justification
What is Justifying Faith?
That Faith in Christ Justifies
That We Obtain Remission of Sins by Faith Alone in Christ
Article (III): Of Love and the Fulfilling of the Law
Reply to the Arguments of the Adversaries
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Articles VII and VIII: Of the Church
Article IX: Of Baptism
Article X: Of the Holy Supper
Article XI: Of Confession
Article XII (V): Of Repentance
Article (VI): Of Confession and Satisfaction
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Article XIII (VII): Of the Number and Use of the Sacraments
Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order
Article XV (VIII): Of Human Traditions in the Church
Article XVI: Of Political Order
Article XVII: Of Christ’s Return to Judgment
Article XVIII: Of Free Will
Article XIX: Of the Cause of Sin
Article XX: Of Good Works
Article XXI (IX): Of the Invocation of Saints
Article XXII (X): Of Both Kinds in the Lord’s Supper
Article XXIII (XI): Of the Marriage of Priests
Article XXIV (XII): Of the Mass
What a Sacrifice Is, and What Are the Species of Sacrifice
What the Fathers Thought concerning Sacrifice
Of the Use of the Sacrament, and of Sacrifice
Of the Term Mass
Of the Mass for the Dead
Article XXVII (XIII): Of Monastic Vows
Article XXVIII (XIV): Of Ecclesiastical Power
Published in: Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Ev. Lutheran Church
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921)
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