The
primary Lutheran confession of faith presented at the Diet of Augsburg. |
Largely written
by Philip Melanchthon,
the Augsburg Confession is divided into two parts. Articles 1-21
present doctrines confessed and taught among the Lutherans. Articles
22-28 review Lutheran corrections of abuse in the life and worship of
the church. On 25 June 1530 the Augsburg Confession was presented
to a meeting of the imperial diet, a gathering consisting of the electors,
princes, nobles, and representatives of the cities of the Holy Roman
Empire. This meeting of the imperial diet had been summoned by Emperor
Charles V to compose religious
differences in the empire. The Diet did not succeed in settling Protestant
and Roman Catholic differences, nor were all the Protestants present
willing to support the Augsburg Confession. Following the presentation
of the Augsburg Confession, four south German cities presented
their own Reformed statement of faith in the Confessio Tetrapolitana.
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