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  "the Word of God according to the foundation of the apostles and prophets and in conformity with the Unaltered Augsburg Confession


id: 20941
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  "A Comprehensive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Blessed Reformation of the Christian Church by Doctor


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Concerning the Power and Supremacy of the Pope, Composed by the Scholars in the Year 37 at Smalcald and Printed in the Year 38


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Explanation and Answer to the New Subtle Corruption of the Gospel of Christ--_Erklaerung und Antwort


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Five Questions Concerning the Liberty of the Human Will--_De Libertate Voluntatis Humanae Quaestiones Quinque


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  "Defense of the Sound and Orthodox Doctrine Concerning the Sacraments and Their Nature, Power, Purpose, Use, and Fruit


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Theologians in Wuerttemberg Concerning the True Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Holy Supper


id: 26909
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Simple Repetition of the Confession of the Churches of God in the Territories of the Elector of Saxony Concerning the Holy Supper


id: 26909
type: LAW
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  Article XI of the _Formula of Concord_] regarding God''s eternal election and predestination they merely endeavor


id: 53465
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul


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id: 16285
title: The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church
author: Gerberding, G. H. (George Henry)
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  appeal throughout is to the Word of God. The faith of the Church is Here also then our Church confesses the pure truth of God''s Word, Word." (Luther''s Small Catechism.) The Lutheran Church knows of no God unto salvation._" The words of Christ, "_they are spirit and God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ: or in one word, they will be Word to all men on earth, which God Himself confirms in heaven." Dr. Seiss somewhere says: "Every time a believer in Christ sits down preaching repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. reason or strength, believe in Jesus Christ my Lord, or come to Him. But that the Holy Spirit hath called me by His Gospel, enlightened me In the chapter on the Word of God as a means of Grace, we the great doctrines of God''s Word regarding sin and Grace, in that


id: 19422
title: The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America
author: Schmucker, B. M. (Beale Melanchthon)
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  the first settled pastor of the Dutch Lutheran congregations in New congregation; 4.) To keep the accounts of the church in good order and the officers of the congregation are styled Rector, Church Wardens and constitution of the Lutheran Church at Amsterdam is the most important Muehlenberg''s time says: "Each Congregation shall have its own Elders congregation assembled in the Swedish Church, by the three elders and elders, not elected by the congregation, but chosen by the pastors at church council, by the whole congregation, at a free election, by a 1. The congregation shall, by virtue of this new constitution, have the 2. The Church Council of the congregation shall hereafter consist of the 2.) At the election the congregation present shall have the faithful Pastors and elected officers of the congregation, that they may member of our Evangelical Lutheran congregation, and he shall have no


id: 20941
title: American Lutheranism, Volume 1 Early History of American Lutheranism and the Tennessee Synod
author: Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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  into the United Lutheran Church: the General Synod, the General Council, congregations organized the first Lutheran Synod in America, with Congregation, organized an English Lutheran Church instead, and in 1804, Lutheran synod in America exists to the present day as "The Evangelical all the Symbolical Books of the Lutheran Church as the doctrinal furthermore promise to regard the Rev. College of Pastors of the Ev. Lutheran Congregations in Pennsylvania as a lawful and regular Lutheran pastor or congregation who would consent to concede to a synod General Synod in 1823 the Lutheran Church in America numbered 900 1825 the Synod of Pennsylvania and the German Reformed Church were ministers of the North Carolina Synod call themselves Lutherans, but as Church Governed by Word of God Alone.--The Tennessee Synod did Lutheran synods and congregations at the time of her organization. Tennessee Synod the Lutheran Church of America generally was suffering


id: 18107
author: Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)
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  which characterize the great mass of the churches of the General Synod, Augsburg Confession the only universal symbol of the Lutheran Church. errors, contained in some other symbolical books of the Lutheran Church, the Augsburg Confession, the work of Luther and Melancthon themselves, Articles of the Augsburg Confession, and was retained by Luther, views in regard to the so-called errors of the Augsburg Confession were views on some subjects in that Confession, such as the mass." The truth refers; but what the Confession calls mass, the Platform, _with great rejected in the Augsburg Confession; but Luther says nothing against the mass, were retained in the Augsburg Confession; although the errors in symbols." "Our churches," (says the Augsburg Confession, Art. XXIV.) Augsburg Confession and other former symbols of the Lutheran church, of the Augsburg Confession_, in practice, and that the entire church in of the great mass of American Lutherans, the Word of God rejects them,

title:
  American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann


id: 24304
author: Bente, F. (Friedrich)
title:
  American Lutheranism, Volume 2 The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)


id: 26909
title: Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
author: Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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  "of the faithful man of God Dr. Luther" by Andreas Musculus, and a Apology, the Smalcald Articles, Luther''s Catechisms, Formulae Caute proviso that his decision would not conflict with the clear Word of God. According to Luther, everybody, Pope and Emperor included, must submit harmony with the Gospel, God''s Word, and the holy Christian Church, but, doctrine was held, by Luther and all true Lutheran theologians, to be of and corrupted the truth taught by Luther from the Word of God. Accordingly, since the Leipzig Interim involved and maintained doctrines concerning God, Christ, faith, Law, grace, etc., they say without any teaching of Luther, _viz._, that the entire Christ, God and man, body God as revealed in the Word may, according to Luther, be opposed and Of the manner in which, according to Luther, the truth concerning God''s doctrine of grace, according to which God alone is the cause of man''s


id: 418
title: A Treatise on Good Works
author: Luther, Martin
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  in God''s good will at all times." Without this faith the best works are times does good works "as his faith, his confidence, teaches him." Only they have no faith, no good conscience toward God, therefore the works pleases God, the work is good, even if it were so small a thing as because of your good works, but when you believed the Word of God." measured, so also its work, that is, the faith or confidence in God''s says that the works of the First Commandment are faith, hope and love. all things work together for good to the saints of God." places, which urge and tempt men to good works, if faith does all it pleases God. Indeed there is no work in which confidence and faith the works and words, and held them up to God''s Commandment, no matter good works are commanded, that you shall know what you can and what you


id: 273
title: The Smalcald Articles
author: Luther, Martin
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  this so many commands of God to observe in the Church, the these chief matters commanded of God are neither regarded nor That Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, died for our sins, and without the Word of God he obeys a false human opinion and remission of sins and the grace of God were sought, for the Pope, but through the preaching of God''s Word. before God. No man is righteous before Him. And Christ says, John 16, 8: The Holy Ghost will reprove the world of sin. Himself says, Luke 24, 47: Repentance and remission of sins and hell, and man must despair, like Saul and Judas; as St. Paul, Rom. 7, 10, says: Through sin the Law killeth. God. Here, too, there was no faith nor Christ, and the virtue of themselves against and above Christ, our Lord and God Scripture, but in the Word of God and true faith.


id: 275
author: Melanchthon, Philipp
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  effected with God and a good conscience,--as also Your Imperial Majesty Article I: Of God. Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the no power, without the Holy Ghost, to work the righteousness of God, that First, that our works cannot reconcile God or merit forgiveness of sins, teaches Rom. 5, 1: Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. This whole doctrine is to be referred to that conflict of the terrified like traditions of men, are works profitable to merit grace, and able to because traditions were placed far above the commandments of God. Christianity was thought to consist wholly in the observance of certain observances of such men were more acceptable to God. Thirdly, traditions brought great danger to consciences; for it was service devised by men, without the commandment of God, and to teach

title:
  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


id: 1670
title: Luther''s Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin Luther
author: Luther, Martin
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  or God''s Word, but consider it holy, listen to it willingly, and learn We must fear and love God, so that our words and actions will be clean I believe in God the Almighty Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth. I believe that Jesus Christ is truly God, born of the Father in Of course, God''s name is holy in and of itself, but by this request, we we believe His holy Word by His grace and live godly lives here in this Truly, God gives daily bread to evil people, even without our prayer. Let him also confess any other sins against God''s commandments and his Jesus, I forgive your sins in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy May the will of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be done! May the will of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be done!


id: 9912
title: An Explanation of Luther''s Small Catechism
author: Stump, Joseph
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  _Ans._ I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father Jesus Christ my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Ghost has called me grace we believe His holy Word, and live a godly life here on earth, and O Lord God, Heavenly Father, bless unto us these Thy gifts, which of Thy concerning Christ who should come to save men) which God sent to the The substance of the law is, "Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all hence not only the words God, Lord, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, the Almighty, GOD THE FATHER, He is the Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, [Matt. I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from The Second Article treats of Jesus Christ, THE SON OF GOD, and his work believe in Jesus Christ our Lord," we pray in this petition that God


id: 6744
title: The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
author: Melanchthon, Philipp
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  receive remission of sins for Christ''s sake, only through faith. we obtain the remission of sins for Christ''s sake, and that by faith because of our fulfilling of the Law, we have a gracious God. Paul teaches this in Gal. 3, 13, when he says: Christ hath redeemed Christ''s sake, because of His promise, they have a gracious God. Thus works can never render a conscience pacified, but only the God by faith for Christ''s sake, but imagine that good works, wrought works of ours, but for Christ''s sake by faith; nor does God owe us faith for Christ''s sake; because men judge by nature that God ought sins for Christ''s sake, that by faith we ought to oppose to God''s the remission of sins and by faith is accounted righteous before God. Neither does Christ or Paul praise virginity because it justifies,


id: 36081
title: Luther''s Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers
author: Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
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  Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, We should fear and love God, and live a chaste and pure life, in words We should fear and love God, and live a chaste and pure life, in words No; God has in love sent His Son Jesus Christ to save man. I believe that Jesus Christ is true God, begotten of the Father from I believe that Jesus Christ is true God, begotten of the Father from Christ my Lord, or come to Him. This is the work of the Holy Spirit Christ my Lord, or come to Him. This is the work of the Holy Spirit that by His grace we believe the Word of God, and live holy and that by His grace we believe the Word of God, and live holy and


id: 34994
author: Habermann, Johann
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  Eternal God, Merciful Father, I lift up my hands unto Thee as an evening soul trusts in Thee, the living God, for Thou art my refuge and my For by Thy grace and mercy Thou hast kept me this night from all of Thy mercy, Thou Savior of the world, and enlighten my heart and eyes, O Thou Mighty and Everlasting God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, I thank Thee that by Thy divine power Thou hast this day preserved me from Lord, Merciful God, Holy Father, in the daytime do I cry unto Thee with O Thou Very and Eternal God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be Thou, Lord God Sabaoth, who art merciful unto all, that I pray Thee, graciously perfect Thy goodness which Thou hast begun in me, O my dear Lord, Jesus Christ, I thank Thee, that to the present day, Thou

title:
  Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions


id: 35737
author: Anonymous
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  knowledge of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, unto a blessed and eternal life. We adore and praise Thee, Lord God, Father of heaven and earth, that Thou Jesus Christ, Thy dear Son, Thou wouldst graciously forgive all the sins heart and mind, and thank Thee again, that Thou hast by Thy boundless I thank Thee, O almighty God and kind Father, that Thou hast this day Jesus, take my soul into Thy hands and let me be commended unto Thee. life unto Thy good pleasure; and since Thou hast also helped me to enter teach me Thy paths; for Thou art the God of my salvation, on Thee do I save us but Thou alone, hold out to Thee thy word with believing hearts, thank and serve Thee, my God and Lord, and Thy dear Son, my Saviour Jesus Thanks be unto Thee, my God and Father, that Thou hast this day so

title:
  The Little Treasure of Prayers Being a Translation of the Epitome from the German Larger "Treasure of Prayers" ["Gebets-Schatz"] of the Evangelical Lutheran Church


id: 49618
title: Faith and Duty: Sermons on Free Texts, with Reference to the Church-Year
author: Buchheimer, L. B. (Louis Balthaser)
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  and Christ is in His Church; and I know not, from the study of God''s of God. The Lord said unto Noah--commanded, directed him: "Come will avail but faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Redeemer. to the human race, and so they are described in the Word of God. We read: "Thus spake Haggai, the Lord''s messenger," and St. Paul, holy thoughts, regard God''s gift, for thus reads the text: "Thanks know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent." oratorio,--honest Christian people come to hear God''s Word, to build God in His Word calls our churches "houses of prayer." It is a right hand means that Christ, the God-man, as our Catechism says, The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the man whom they style "Holy Father." God''s Word says: "Ye shall call


id: 53465
author: Luther, Martin
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  _(God, Lord, Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Ghost, the Almighty, I Believe That My Lord Jesus Christ Is True God. Which is the Second Article? 5. _Our Lord Jesus Christ is true God, the only-begotten Son of the 1. _Our Lord Jesus Christ is the only Son of God the Father, His own _I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from _I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from 1. _Our Lord Jesus Christ is true God, born of the Father from eternity; us _by what means Jesus Christ, true God and true man, became my Lord 1. _The Holy Ghost is true God together with the Father and the Son. Therefore we confess that we believe in Him._ confesses: I know from the Word of God that Christ is _my_ Lord, that He 1. _Always pray to the true God, the Father of your Lord Jesus Christ,

title:
  Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use


