Augsburg Confession

noun

1. the statement of beliefs and doctrines of the Lutherans, formulated by Melanchthon and endorsed by the Lutheran princes, which was presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 and which became the chief creed of the Lutheran Church.

Example Sentences

And Mendelssohn wrote the “Reformation” Symphony for the tercentenary — but in 1830, the anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, not 1817, a year after the 7-year-old Mendelssohn, born Jewish, was baptized a Lutheran.

From New York Times

The symphony — Mendelssohn’s second for full orchestra, though conventionally numbered fifth — was written in 1830 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Lutheran statement of theology, the Augsburg Confession.

From New York Times

At the emperor's command the papal theologians at once drew up a paper in which they tried to refute the Augsburg Confession.

From Project Gutenberg

In June he opened the diet at Augsburg, and here the Lutherans submitted a summary of their doctrines, afterwards called the Augsburg Confession.

From Project Gutenberg

On his repudiating the Augsburg Confession, the church boards refused to recognise him, and he went hither and thither preaching a Christian communism.

From Project Gutenberg