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Augsburg Confession | paragraph 2

Article IX: Of Baptism

to salvation, and that through Baptism is offered the grace of God, and that children are to be baptized who, being offered to God through Baptism are received into God’s grace.

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Augsburg Confession | paragraph 2

Article II: Of Original Sin

...disease, or vice of origin, is truly sin, even now condemning and bringing eternal death upon those not born again through Baptism and the Holy Ghost.

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Augsburg Confession | paragraph 13

Article XXVII: Of Monastic Vows

Thus they made men believe that the profession of monasticism was far better than Baptism, and that the monastic life was more meritorious than that of magistrates, than the life of pastors, and such like, who serve their calling in accordance with God’s commands, without any man-made services.

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