It is well known that john calvin subscribed melanchthons variata version of the augsburg confession confessio augustana 1530, especially because of the revised article on the lords supper art. Articles 121 have to do with basic christian doctrines,with the most important of these articles being articles 3, 4, 5. The unaltered augsburg confession ad 1530 cowtales. Confessio augustana variata is a later version of the. Confessio augustana variata is a later version of the lutheran augsburg confession that includes substantial differences with regard to holy communion and the presence of christ in bread and wine philipp melanchthon made several changes to the original augsburg confession in the years following its 1530 publication.
October 31, 1517 the ninetyfive theses are posted, statements meant for debate. The augsburg confession focuses especially on the objective and universal. The augsburg confession in context part 1 scholars commons. The principal author was the reformer philipp melanchthon, who drew on earlier lutheran statements of faith. In the reuss schoenburg confession of 1567 the variata was unqualifiedly condemned. Augsburg confession, latin confessio augustana, the 28 articles that constitute the basic confession of the lutheran churches, presented june 25, 1530, in german and latin at the diet of augsburg to the emperor charles v by seven lutheran princes and two imperial free cities. Indeed, philip schaff writes that the alteration of this article is by far the most important departure from the original edition, and has caused much controversy. It is also the case that the augsburg confession in its unaltered form, albeit often juxtaposed with the variata, the. Two versions of augsburg on the lords supper edited the. Melanchthons alterations of the augsburg confession the book of.
The 1540 edition of the augsburg confession, known as the. Variata, came to be undersrood as characteristic of melanch thons view of the lords supper. The augsburg confession latin text the confession of faith presented to the invincible emperor, charles v, caesar augustus, in the city of augsburg in the year 1530. Composes the augsburg confession, and in 1531 the apology of the augsburg confession. Augsburg confession, the 28 articles that constitute the basic confession of the. We confess the old, true, unaltered augsburg confession, which later was changed, mutilated, misinterpreted, and falsified. Articles 2228 concerns the abuses the lutherans had worked to correct. The augsburg confession focuses especially on the objective and universal message of salvation by gods grace alone. The latin text is from the editio princeps, 1531, as printed in the best editions of the book of concord, and especially with all the various readings in the corpus reformatorum, ed. The augsburg confession, also known as the augustan confession or the augustana from its latin name, confessio augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the lutheran church and one of the most important documents of the protestant reformation. The first publication of the apology of the augsburg confession appeared in 1531. The augsburg confession is the most succinct presentation of lutheranism. Diet of leipzig, 1519 luther declares that a layman armed with scripture is more powerful than a pope without it.
Augsburg confession lutheran confession britannica. The augsburg confession was written in both german and latin and was presented by a number of german rulers and freecities at the diet of. Praises luther in his funeral oration for his mentor. In 1530 emperor charles v tried one last time to reunite the followers of luther with the roman. It is well known that john calvin subscribed melanchthons variata version of the augsburg confession confessio augustana 1530. I have inserted in brackets the most important additions of the german text, and marked in footnotes the. The augsburg confession was the explanation of martin luthers convictions. I will also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame. Nine years later, melanchthon wrote a revised edition, the augsburg confession variata, signed by french theologian john calvin. Aids in writing the leipzig proposal, which earned him much criticism.