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3 unusual facts about Book of Concord


Book of Concord

The Holy Scriptures are set forth in the Book of Concord to be the sole, divine source and norm of all Christian doctrine.

Missionsprovinsen

It contains the Catholic, Schartauan Confessional and Evangelical expressions found in the Church of Sweden on the doctrinal basis of the Book of Concord.

Robert Kolb

His major contributions include an edition of the Book of Concord as well as an introductory book of Lutheran theology.


Confessional Lutheranism

Quia subscription (the Book of Concord is adhered to because it is faithful to the Scriptures) implies that the subscriber believes that there is no contradiction between the Book of Concord and the Scriptures.

Quatenus subscription (the Book of Concord is adhered to insofar as it is faithful to the Scriptures) implies that the subscriber leaves room for the possibility that there might be a contradiction of the Scriptures in the Book of Concord in which case the subscriber would hold to the Scriptures against the Book of Concord.

Eric W. Gritsch

He also cooperated on the translation and edition of the Book of Concord (Kolb/Wengert edition).

Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod

The Tennessee Synod is probably best known for producing the first English translation of the Book of Concord (the confessions of the Lutheran church), published in 1851 by the Henkel Press of New Market, Virginia.


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