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Apology of the Augsburg Confession

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Apology of the Augsburg Confession

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Source pages
49-259
Articles/chapters
26
Numbered paragraphs
1158

Table of Contents

Articles and Chapters

Page 49-51 | 19 numbered paragraphs

Philip Melanchthon Presents His Greeting to the Reader

Page 51 | 2 numbered paragraphs

Article I: Of God

Page 51-59 | 51 numbered paragraphs

Article II (I): Of Original Sin

Page 59 | 1 numbered paragraphs

Article III: Of Christ

Page 59-77 | 119 numbered paragraphs

Article IV (II): Of Justification

Page 77-131 | 276 numbered paragraphs

Article III: Of Love and the Fulfilling of the Law

Page 131-142 | 50 numbered paragraphs

Articles VII and VIII: Of the Church

Page 142 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article IX: Of Baptism

Page 142-143 | 4 numbered paragraphs

Article X: Of the Holy Supper

Page 143-146 | 10 numbered paragraphs

Article XI: Of Confession

Page 146-161 | 96 numbered paragraphs

Article XII (V): Of Repentance

Page 161-176 | 80 numbered paragraphs

Article VI: Of Confession and Satisfaction

Page 176-179 | 23 numbered paragraphs

Article XIII (VII): Of the Number and Use of the Sacraments

Page 179-180 | 5 numbered paragraphs

Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order

Page 180-188 | 52 numbered paragraphs

Article XV (VIII): Of Human Traditions in the Church

Page 188-190 | 13 numbered paragraphs

Article XVI: Of Political Order

Page 190 | 1 numbered paragraphs

Article XVII: Of Christ's Return to Judgment

Page 190-192 | 10 numbered paragraphs

Article XVIII: Of Free Will

Page 192 | 1 numbered paragraphs

Article XIX: Of the Cause of Sin

Page 192-195 | 15 numbered paragraphs

Article XX: Of Good Works

Page 195-203 | 44 numbered paragraphs

Article XXI (IX): Of the Invocation of Saints

Page 203-205 | 17 numbered paragraphs

Article XXII (X): Of Both Kinds In the Lord's Supper

Page 205-217 | 71 numbered paragraphs

Article XXIII (XI): Of the Marriage of Priests

Page 217-238 | 99 numbered paragraphs

Article XXIV (XII): Of the Mass

Page 238-251 | 69 numbered paragraphs

Article XXVII (XIII): Of Monastic Vows

Page 251-256 | 27 numbered paragraphs

Article XXVIII (XIV): Of Ecclesiastical Power

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