THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION
The Confession of Faith:
Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V
At the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530
by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
Article I: Of God.
Article II: Of Original Sin.
Article III: Of the Son of God.
Article IV: Of Justification.
Article V: Of the Ministry.
Article VI: Of New Obedience.
Article VII: Of the Church.
Article VIII: What the Church Is.
Article IX: Of Baptism.
Article X: Of the Lord's Supper.
Article XI: Of Confession.
Article XII: Of Repentance.
Article XIII: Of the Use of the Sacraments.
Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order.
Article XV: Of Ecclesiastical Usages.
Article XVI: Of Civil Affairs.
Article XVII: Of Christ's Return to Judgment.
Article XVIII: Of Free Will.
Article XIX: Of the Cause of Sin.
Article XX: Of Good Works.
Article XXI: Of the Worship of the Saints.
ARTICLES IN WHICH ARE REVIEWED
THE ABUSES WHICH HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.
Article XXII: Of Both Kinds in the Sacrament.
Article XXIII: Of the Marriage of Priests.
Article XXIV: Of the Mass.
Article XXV: Of Confession.
Article XXVI: Of the Distinction of Meats.
Article XXVII: Of Monastic Vows.
Article XXVIII: Of Ecclesiastical Power.
CONCLUSION.
PREFACE TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
Most Invincible Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Most Clement Lord: Inasmuch as Your Imperial Majesty has summoned a Diet of the Empire here at Augsburg to deliberate concerning measures against the Tur