Augsburg Confession

American  

noun

1. the statement of beliefs and doctrines of the Lutherans, formulated by Melanchthon and endorsed by the Lutheran princes, which was presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 and which became the chief creed of the Lutheran Church.

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Example Sentences

The Lutherans published a specific creed defining Lutheran beliefs known as the Augsburg Confession in 1530, and the Catholic Council of Trent in the following decades defined exactly what Catholic doctrine consisted of.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Luther’s final break from Rome came with the Augsburg Confession in 1530, and the rest is no end of history, replete with schisms and catastrophic wars throughout Europe and beyond.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017

And Mendelssohn wrote the “Reformation” Symphony for the tercentenary — but in 1830, the anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, not 1817, a year after the 7-year-old Mendelssohn, born Jewish, was baptized a Lutheran.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017

This year is the 450th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, an early and central creed of Lutheranism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Protestants who followed the Augsburg Confession received religious freedom, perfect equality before the law, and the undisturbed possession of the Church property which had fallen into their hands.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard