Text: The Unaltered Augsburg Confession, in The Christian Book of Concord, second edition, revised (Newmarket: Solomon D. Henkel and Bros., 1854), translated from the German text of the 1580 Dresden Book of Concord; Repristination Press edition, 2024.
Respecting Baptism it is taught, that it is necessary; that grace is offered through it; and that children ought to be baptized, who through such baptism are presented to God, and become acceptable to him.
Therefore the Anabaptists are condemned, who teach that Infant Baptism is improper.
Original German: German text of the 1580 Dresden Book of Concord, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2 H.ref. 20, scans 31–63. Historical typography, spelling, and punctuation have been normalized for online reading.
Deutscher Text · Von der Taufe
Von der Taufe wird gelehrt, daß sie nötig sei, und daß dadurch Gnade angeboten werde, daß man auch die Kinder taufen soll, welche durch solche Taufe Gott überantwortet und gefällig werden.
Derhalben werden die Wiedertäufer verworfen, welche lehren, daß die Kindertaufe nicht recht sei.