In this spirit, Luther’s colleague Philipp Melanchthon organized the first official contacts with the Orthodox in 1559 by sending the Augsburg Confession (a summary of Lutheran theology ...

Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect to authorities, even if that knowledge arises during the sacrament of confession. It has outraged many ...

Associate Professor of Theology Jonathan Mumme visited the Vatican this February as part of a group studying the “Augsburg Confession”, a statement professing Lutheran beliefs and disagreements with ...

Brendan Rodgers has identified Augsburg midfielder Elvis Rexhbecaj as an ideal successor to Callum McGregor at Celtic, sources have told Football Insider. Central midfield will be one of Celtic ...

The WCF finds differences with the Catholic Catechism and Lutheran-associated Augsburg Confession. The Catholic Catechism places more doctrinal authority on church leadership and sacraments as a means ...

In a now-deleted post, one Twitter user argued: Walz isn’t actually Lutheran, either: his church does not confess the unaltered Confession of Augsburg to be true, and so they are not actually Lutheran ...

Some Lutheran synods permit liberal interpretations of the Augsburg Confession, the 16th century work embodying basic Lutheran beliefs. But the Northwest Synod, although one of the more liberal U ...

last week celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Martin Luther, who all his adult life suffered with nervous headaches and sometimes with hallucinations, in 1517 posted his ...

Philip Melanchthon represents Luther, with the “Augsburg Confession” being presented there. 1531 – The Schmalkaldic League is formed. It was a military alliance of Lutheran princes within the Holy ...