Augsburg Confession
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Summary
Augsburg Confession is a Christian creed[1]. It draws 3,261 Wikipedia views per month (christian creed category, ranking #7 of 24).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Philipp Melanchthon[3]
- Instance of: written work[4]
- Commons category: Augsburg Confession[5]
- Language of work or name: Neo-Latin[6], German[7]
- Publication date: June 25, 1530[8]
- Point in time: 1530[9]
- Has edition or translation: The Confession of Faith[10]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Kościelna encyclopedia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Dresdner Hefte[21]
- Published in: Book of Concord[22]
- First line: Ecclesiæ magno consensus apud nos docent, Decretum Nicænæ Synodi, de unitate essentiæ divinæ et de tribus personis, verum et sine ulla dubitatione credendum esse.[23]
- Last line: Hos articulos supra scriptos voluimus exhibere juxta edictum C. M. in quibus confessio nostra exstaret, et eorum, qui apud nos docent, doctrinæ summa cerneretur. Si quid in hac confessione desiderabitur, parati sumus latiorem informationem, Deo volente, juxta Scripturas exhibere.[24]
- Derivative work: Augsburg Confession Variata[25]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Christianity[26], WikiProject Lutheranism[27], WikiProject Religious texts[28]
- Copyright status: public domain[29]
Body
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Augsburg Confession include Augsburg University[30], a university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1869[33], headquartered in Minneapolis[34]; Augustana College[35], a liberal arts college in the United States[36], in United States[37], founded in 1860[38], headquartered in Rock Island[39]; Augustana University[40], a private university[41], in United States[42], founded in 1860[43]; and Evangelical Church of the it in Poland[44], a Christian denomination[45], in Poland[46], founded in 1523[47].
Why It Matters
Augsburg Confession has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for it include Augsburg University[30], a university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1869[33], headquartered in Minneapolis[34]; Augustana College[35], a liberal arts college in the United States[36], in United States[37], founded in 1860[38], headquartered in Rock Island[39]; Augustana University[40], a private university[41], in United States[42], founded in 1860[43]; and Evangelical Church of the it in Poland[44], a Christian denomination[45], in Poland[46], founded in 1523[47].