The Reformation · 25 June 1530
The Augsburg Confession
Philipp Melanchthon · 1497–1560
What it is
Twenty-eight articles presented to the emperor, stating what the evangelical churches teach and what abuses they have corrected, phrased as conservatively as honesty allowed.
Why it lasted
The foundational confession of Lutheranism and the first Protestant statement of faith presented to a secular authority as a legal document.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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