- Augs|burg Confession
- Augs|burg Confession «GZ burg; German OWKS burk»,a Protestant statement of faith written by Philipp Melanchthon and approved by Martin Luther in 1530.╂[< Augsburg, a city in Germany]
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Augs|burg Confession
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AUGS`BURG — (75), a busy manufacturing and trading town on the Lech, in Bavaria, once a city of great importance, where in 1531 the Protestants presented their Confession to Charles V., and where the peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555, ensuring… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
MELANCHTHON, Philip — (1497 1560) Author of the Augsburg Confession and the subsequent Apology, Philip Melanchthon is regarded as one of the main leaders of the Reformation, and his theology served as the focal point for most strains of Protestantism emerging from… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
