The Smalcald Articles
Articles of Christian Doctrine,
which were to have been presented on our part to the Council, if any had been assembled at Mantua or elsewhere, indicating what we could accept or yield, and what we could not.
by Dr. Martin Luther
1537
Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau
Table of Contents
Preface of Dr. Martin Luther
The First Part
The Second Part
Article I
Article II: Of the Mass
Of the Invocation of Saints
Article III: Of Chapters and Cloisters
Article IV: Of the Papacy
The Third Part of the Articles
I. Of Sin
II. Of the Law
III. Of Repentance
Of the False Repentance of the Papists
IV. Of the Gospel
V. Of Baptism
VI. Of the Sacrament of the Altar
VII. Of the Keys
VIII. Of Confession
IX. Of Excommunication
X. Of Ordination and the Call
XI. Of the Marriage of Priests
XII. Of the Church
XIII. How One is Justified before God, and of Good Works
XIV. Of Monastic Vows
XV. Of Human Traditions
Subscribers
Published in: Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Ev. Lutheran Church
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921)
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