Augsburg Confession

1530 primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church
Event christian_creed Q154483
Augsburg Confession
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Augsburg Confession

Summary

Augsburg Confession is a Christian creed[1]. It draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (christian_creed category, ranking #7 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Augsburg Confession authored Philipp Melanchthon[3].
  • Augsburg Confession's instance of is recorded as Christian creed[4].
  • Augsburg Confession's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • Augsburg Confession's Commons category is recorded as Augsburg Confession[6].
  • Augsburg Confession's language of work or name is recorded as Neo-Latin[7].
  • Augsburg Confession's language of work or name is recorded as German[8].
  • Augsburg Confession was released on June 25, 1530[9].
  • Augsburg Confession occurred on 1530[10].
  • Augsburg Confession's has edition or translation is recorded as The Confession of Faith[11].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[16].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia[18].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[20].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Augsburg Confession's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[22].
  • Augsburg Confession's published in is recorded as Book of Concord[23].
  • Augsburg Confession's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Ecclesiæ magno consensus apud nos docent, Decretum Nicænæ Synodi, de unitate essentiæ divinæ et de tribus personis, verum et sine ulla dubitatione credendum esse.'}[24].
  • Augsburg Confession's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': '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.'}[25].
  • Augsburg Confession's derivative work is recorded as Augsburg Confession Variata[26].
  • Augsburg Confession's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Christianity[27].

Body

When and Where

Augsburg Confession took place on 1530[10].

Context

Recorded instance of include Christian creed[4] and written work[5].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for Augsburg Confession include Augustana University[28], a private university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1860[31]; Augustana College[32], a liberal arts college in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1860[35], headquartered in Rock Island[36]; Augsburg University[37], a university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1869[40], headquartered in Minneapolis[41]; and Evangelical Church of the it in Poland[42], a Christian denomination[43], in Poland[44], founded in 1523[45].

Why It Matters

Augsburg Confession draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (christian_creed category, ranking #7 of 24).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include Augustana University[28], a private university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1860[31]; Augustana College[32], a liberal arts college in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1860[35], headquartered in Rock Island[36]; Augsburg University[37], a university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1869[40], headquartered in Minneapolis[41]; and Evangelical Church of the it in Poland[42], a Christian denomination[43], in Poland[44], founded in 1523[45].

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Has edition or translation The Confession of Faith
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 5299311
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