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Marburg Articles

Fifteen articles signed at Marburg on 3 October 1529 by Luther, Zwingli and eight others, which record one point they could not agree on.

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3 Oct 1529

Signed by Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon with Zwingli and others. The fifteenth article records that they could not agree on how Christ is present in communion.

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  • Lutheranism Scholarship & press 1

    The editors of the German Historical Institute write that the split, over the Lord's Supper, eventually led to a Lutheran and a Reformed confession.

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  1. 3 Oct 1529 Marburg Articles
  2. 3 Oct 1529 Martin Luther signed Marburg Articles
  3. 3 Oct 1529 Philip Melanchthon signed Marburg Articles
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  1. The Marburg Colloquy: The Marburg Articles (1529), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington). Scholarship & press
    This text contains the articles of the agreement signed at Marburg by Luther, Zwingli, and eight other preachers.
    The split eventually led to two Protestant confessions, one Lutheran and the other Reformed
  2. The Marburg Colloquy: The Marburg Articles (1529), German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 3 Oct 1529. Primary record
    The following articles were written and signed in Marburg on October 3, 1529.
    Martin Luther Justus Jonas Philipp Melanchthon Andreas Osiander
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