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The first set of questions and answers, 1-5, concern the chief and highest end of man, the existence of God, and the Holy Scriptures as the Word of God. The next set of questions and answers, 6-90, concern God as Creator , original sin , the fallen state of man's nature, Christ the Redeemer, and the benefits that flow from redemption.
The Confession was written by English Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic analysis to give a formal scriptural explanation of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective. One of the preachers active in creating Confession of Faith, Benjamin Keach, is often credited with the writing of the Baptist Catechism commonly known as ...
sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism,
The Augsburg Confession (German: Augsburger Bekenntnis), 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.
According to W. A. Curtis in his History of Creeds and Confessions of Faith, 'No praise is too great for the simplicity of language, the accord with Scripture, the natural order, the theological restraint and devout tone which characterize this Catechism'. [1]: 232–233
"Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession an enumeration of all sins is not necessary." —Augsburg Confession, Article 11 In the Lutheran Church, Confession (also called Holy Absolution) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may receive the forgiveness of sins; according to the Large Catechism, the "third sacrament ...
The Confession consists of 32 chapters, as well as an introduction and a list of signatories. Of the Holy Scriptures; Of God and the Holy Trinity; Of God's Decree; Of Creation; Of Divine Providence; Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof; Of God's Covenant; Of Christ the Mediator; Of Free Will; Of Effectual Calling; Of ...
The Confession's articles are as follows: [4] I. Of God and the Creation of all Things; II. Of the Fall of Man; III. Of the Restoration of Man Through the Promise of the Coming Christ; IV. The Advent of Christ into This World, and the Reason of His Coming; V. The Law of Christ, i.e., the Holy Gospel or the New Testament; VI. Of Repentance and ...