Apology of the Augsburg Confession

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Okay, this is how we say it in our confessions.

Our confession, this is from the Augsburg, Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Article 21, verses paragraphs 4 to 6.

Our confessions approve honors to the saints.

Here is a threefold honor to be approved.

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Dr. Ken Schurb joins us for part two of our series on the Apology of the Augsburg Confession.

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Now, last week we went a little bit more into detail about normative authority than we did about causative authority.

We said that the confessions affirm, and in this case the apology of the Augsburg Confession affirms, the normative authority of scripture why that is on what grounds is it normative first because it's inspired it's been given by the inspiration of the holy spirit there's no one article in the augsburg confession or the apology or anywhere else for that matter in the book of concord that deals specifically with Scripture.

So you have to find little hints of it, and you do.

It was just collecting different texts that are about the absolution.

So Augsburg Confession, Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Office of the Keys.

some other stuff from the Book of Concord, some other writings from our dogmatic tradition, and Luther's sermon on Trinity 19.

It's so important because while we have the command in John chapter 20, where Jesus has risen from the dead and he breathes on his disciples and he says, whoever sins you forgive, they're forgiven.

It's my joy.

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If you aren't familiar with Philip Melanchthon, he is Martin Luther's closest co-laborer for the Reformation.

And this comes from the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, which is one of the Lutheran confessions.

He says that the gospel is the gratuitous promise of the remission of sins for Christ's sake.

Very short definition, but a good one from Melanchthon.

And we probably can't because nobody would understand what we're saying.

Just try to read like the Apology of the Augsburg Confession to people out loud and then ask them what they heard.

There's not a lot of listening comprehension.

No.