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.
Concerning church government it is taught, that no one should teach or preach publicly in the church, or administer the sacraments, without a regular call.
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 · Vom Kirchenregiment
Vom Kirchenregiment wird gelehrt, daß niemand in der Kirche öffentlich lehren oder predigen oder Sakramente reichen soll ohne ordentlichen Beruf.