Work
Augsburg Confession
The statement of faith that Lutheran princes and cities laid before Charles V at Augsburg in June 1530.
- Dates
- 25 Jun 1530
- Wikidata
- Q154483
Presented to Charles V at Augsburg; the The Peace of Augsburg protected those who held it.
Connections 2
influenced
- The Peace of Augsburg Primary record 1
written at
Timeline 2 dates
- 25 Jun 1530 Augsburg Confession
- 25 Jun 1530 Augsburg Confession written at Augsburg
Proof 3 sources
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The Religious Peace of Augsburg (25 September 1555), German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 25 Sep 1555.
Primary record
will not make war upon any estate of the empire on account of the Augsburg Confession and the doctrine, religion, and faith of the same
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The Recess of the Diet of Augsburg, 19 November 1530, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 19 Nov 1530.
Primary record
They composed and submitted in writing their confession and opinion on the faith
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The Reformation Defined: The Diet of Augsburg (1530), editors' introduction and the Recess, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington).
Scholarship & press
The Lutheran princes and cities submitted the Confession of Augsburg, which later became the definitive Lutheran statement of doctrine
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