THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION

The Confession of Faith: Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V At the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530 by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560

PREFACE TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.

Article I: Of God.

Article II: Of Original Sin.

Article III: Of the Son of God.

Article IV: Of Justification.

Article V: Of the Ministry.

Article VI: Of New Obedience.

Article VII: Of the Church.

Article VIII: What the Church Is.

Article IX: Of Baptism.

Article X: Of the Lord's Supper.

Article XI: Of Confession.

Article XII: Of Repentance.

Article XIII: Of the Use of the Sacraments.

Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order.

Article XV: Of Ecclesiastical Usages.

Article XVI: Of Civil Affairs.

Article XVII: Of Christ's Return to Judgment.

Article XVIII: Of Free Will.

Article XIX: Of the Cause of Sin.

Article XX: Of Good Works.

Article XXI: Of the Worship of the Saints.

ARTICLES IN WHICH ARE REVIEWED THE ABUSES WHICH HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

Article XXII: Of Both Kinds in the Sacrament.

Article XXIII: Of the Marriage of Priests.

Article XXIV: Of the Mass.

Article XXV: Of Confession.

Article XXVI: Of the Distinction of Meats.

Article XXVII: Of Monastic Vows.

Article XXVIII: Of Ecclesiastical Power.

CONCLUSION.