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Augsburg Confession

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Augsburg Confession

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Source pages
16-48
Articles/chapters
32
Numbered paragraphs
449

Table of Contents

Articles and Chapters

Page 16-18 | 24 numbered paragraphs

Preface to the Emperor Charles V

Page 18

Chief Articles of Faith

Page 18-19 | 6 numbered paragraphs

Article I: Of God

Page 19 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article II: Of Original Sin

Page 19-20 | 6 numbered paragraphs

Article III: Of the Son of God

Page 20 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article IV: Of Justification

Page 20 | 4 numbered paragraphs

Article V: Of the Ministry

Page 20 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article VI: Of New Obedience

Page 20-21 | 4 numbered paragraphs

Article VII: Of the Church

Page 21 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article VIII: What the Church Is

Page 21 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article IX: Of Baptism

Page 21 | 2 numbered paragraphs

Article X: Of the Lord's Supper

Page 21-22 | 2 numbered paragraphs

Article XI: Of Confession

Page 22 | 10 numbered paragraphs

Article XII: Of Repentance

Page 22 | 3 numbered paragraphs

Article XIII: Of the Use of the Sacraments

Page 22

Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order

Page 22-23 | 4 numbered paragraphs

Article XV: Of Ecclesiastical Usages

Page 23 | 7 numbered paragraphs

Article XVI: Of Civil Affairs

Page 23-24 | 5 numbered paragraphs

Article XVII: Of Christ's Return to Judgment

Page 24 | 9 numbered paragraphs

Article XVIII: Of Free Will

Page 24-25

Article XIX: Of the Cause of Sin

Page 25-27 | 40 numbered paragraphs

Article XX: Of Good Works

Page 27-28 | 9 numbered paragraphs

Article XXI: Of the Worship of the Saints

Page 28 | 6 numbered paragraphs

Articles in Which Are Reviewed the Abuses Which Have Been Corrected

Page 28-29 | 12 numbered paragraphs

Article XXII: Of Both Kinds in the Sacrament

Page 29-30 | 26 numbered paragraphs

Article XXIII: Of the Marriage of Priests

Page 30-33 | 41 numbered paragraphs

Article XXIV: Of the Mass

Page 33-34 | 13 numbered paragraphs

Article XXV: Of Confession

Page 34-37 | 45 numbered paragraphs

Article XXVI: Of the Distinction of Meats

Page 37-41 | 61 numbered paragraphs

Article XXVII: Of Monastic Vows

Page 41-47 | 78 numbered paragraphs

Article XXVIII: Of Ecclesiastical Power

Page 47 | 17 numbered paragraphs

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