The Augsburg Confession – Augustana 500

The Augsburg Confession contains twenty-one chief articles of faith followed by seven articles addressing abuses that had been corrected in the evangelical churches.

English and German texts. Each article presents the unchanged 1854 Henkel translation from the Repristination Press edition, followed by the German text of the 1580 Dresden Book of Concord in normalized spelling and punctuation.

Of God

Of Original Sin

Of the Son of God

Of Justification

Of the Ministry

Of New Obedience

Of the Church

What the Church Is

Of Baptism

Of the Lord’s Supper

Of Confession

Of Repentance

Of the Use of the Sacraments

Of Church Government

Of Church Rites and Ordinances

Of Civil Polity and Government

Of Christ’s Return to Judgment

Of Freewill

Of the Cause of Sin

Of Faith and Good Works

Of the Worship of Saints

Of Both Elements in the Eucharist

Of the Marriage of Priests

Of the Mass

Of Confession

Of Diversity of Meats

Of Monastic Vows

Of the Power of the Bishops or Clergy