Jonathan Lange
The Augsburg Confession
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Philipp Melanchthon
The Augsburg Confession is the first and most fundamental Confession of the Lutheran Church. It was composed for a public reading at the Die…
The Smalcald Articles
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Martin Luther
A summary of Lutheran doctrine, written by Martin Luther in 1537 for a meeting of the Schmalkaldic League in preparation for an intended ecu…
The Small Catechism
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Martin Luther
Luther's Small Catechism (Der Kleine Katechismus) was written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. Luther's …
Three Ecumenical Creeds
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Unknowntranslated Byfriedrich Bente and Translated Byfriedrich Bente
"Ecumenical creeds" is an umbrella term used in the western church to refer to the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and the Atha…
Theological Orations
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Gregory Of Nazianzus
After the death of the Arian Emperor Valens, the synod of Antioch in 379 asked Gregory to help resurrect Constantinople to Nicene orthodoxy.…
Commentary on Galatians
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St. John Chrysostom
St. Chrysostom’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians is continuous, according to chapter and verse, instead of being arranged in Homi…
A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
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Philipp Melanchthon
The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the se…
Epitome of the Formula of Concord
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Jakob Andreae
Formula of Concord (1577) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or "symbol") that, in its t…
The Hexaemeron
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Basil Of Caesarea
The Hexaemeron is the title of nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis. When and where …
Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord
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Variousandmartin Chemnitz
Formula of Concord (1577) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or "symbol") that, in its t…
Sermons of Leo the Great
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Leo The Great and Pope Leo I
Leo the Great was unanimously elected Bishop of Rome on September 29, 440 AD. At the Council of Chalcedon, his famous "Tome" was a…
The Defense of the Augsburg Confession
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Philipp Melanchthon
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was written by Philip Melanchthon during and after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg as a response to the Pon…
The Catalog of Testimonies
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Jakob Andreae
This appendix to the 1580 edition of the Book of Concord is a compilation of Scripture passages together with citations from the fathers of …
The Large Catechism (Version 2)
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Martin Luther
After the parishes of Saxony were visited in 1528 and found to be in a terribly dismal state, Martin Luther penned the Large Catechism as an…
Book of Concord Preface
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Unknowntranslated Byfriedrich Bente and Translated Byfriedrich Bente
The Christian Book of Concord was published in 1580 as a collection of eleven documents: Three Ecumenical Creeds and eight documents from th…
The Bondage of the Will
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Martin Luther
On the Bondage of the Will (Latin: 'De Servo Arbitrio', literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice"), by …
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
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Hippolytus Of Rome
In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Fa…
Contra Gentes
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Athanasius of Alexandria
Contra Gentes is the first of a two volume work published by Athanasius of Alexandria prior to the outbreak of the Arian controversy (ca. 31…
The Orthodox Faith
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Saint John Of Damascus
The Orthodox Faith is the classic epitome of the Early Greek Fathers. Writing just before the last of the truly Ecumenical Councils (787), h…
Concerning Christian Liberty
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Martin Luther
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the Church, the Nobility a…
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
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Martin Luther
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
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Martin Luther
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…
The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel
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C. F. W. Walther
From September 12, 1884 through November 6, 1885, C.F.W. Walther delivered a series of 39 Friday evening lectures to his students at Concord…
Four Discourses Against The Arians
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Athanasius of Alexandria
In spite of Nicea's condemnation of Arius in 325, Arianism was far from dead. For decades after Nicea, political intrigue and personality cl…
Sacred Meditations
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Johann Gerhard
Meditationes Sacrae, was first published in Latin in 1606 when Gerhard was only twenty-two years old. It consists of 51 brief meditations on…