on the road to reformation
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On the Road to Reformation
The Augsburg Confession
On the Road to Reformation
October 31, 2017
The 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation
• Sola gratia
• Sola Scriptura
• Sola fide
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The Lutheran Confessions
Three from memory:
• The Apostles’ Creed
• The Nicene Creed
• Luther’s Small Catechism
Nine we need to know!
The Lutheran Confessions
Three universal / catholic / ecumenical Creeds:
• The Apostles’ Creed
• The Nicene Creed
• The Athanasian Creed
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Six uniquely Lutheran Confessions:
The Augsburg Confession
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Luther’s Small Catechism
Luther’s Large Catechism
The Smalcald Articles and the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
The Formula of Concord
June 25, A.D., 1530
Chancellor Beyer stood to speak
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What led to that warm Saturday afternoon?
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Religious
The 95 Theses -October 31, 1517
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Analyzing the Problem?
The corruption of the papacy
The solution?
The Word of God
The papacy as a political realm
The rise of European nationalism
The Holy Roman Empire
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Reformers:
John Wycliffe of England
John Hus of Bohemia
Girolama Savonarola of Italy
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Luther at the Diet of Worms
Countdown to Augsburg:
1521-1526
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Countdown to Augsburg:
1521-1526
• Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony
• Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire
1526
First Council (Diet) of Speyer
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The Word of God Remains Forever
From Speyer to Speyer
1526-1529
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From Speyer to Speyer
1526-1529
• Progress among the Lutherans• Progress by the Emperor
Speyer 1529 !
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Speyer 1529 !It is illegal
to have a Lutheran service,
own a Lutheran book,
or think a Lutheran thought.
The Protestants at Speyer 1529
We protest before God, our only Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, and Savior, and who will one day be our Judge, as well as before all men and all creatures, that we, for us and for our people, neither consent nor adhere in any manner whatsoever to the proposed decree, in anything that is contrary to God, to His Holy Word, to our right conscience, to the salvation of our souls, and to the last decree of Speyer."
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The rise of Islam
1529 – at the gates of Vienna
The threat of the Black Plague
End of feudal system, rise of “capitalism”
Discovery of the Americas
Invention of the printing press
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Humanism
Study of the “humanities”
The “accidental” Reformation?
The narrow Lutheran middle
The conservative Reformation
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The narrow Lutheran middle
The conservative Reformation
“The mightiest weapon which the Reformation employed against Rome was not Rome’s errors, but Rome’s truths.”
The rational humanism of Zwingli (and Calvin)
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The rational humanism of Zwingli (and Calvin)
The advent of the “Reformed” movement – saying the Lutherans did not go far enough.
The flashpoint:
Holy Communion
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The flashpoint:
Holy Communion
It is not reasonable to say we receive the body and blood of Jesus in Holy Communion.
finitum non capax infiniti
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finitum non capax infiniti
“Hoc est meus corpus.”
If the Reformers do not unite, how can they survive?
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The slander against the Lutherans: the 404 Articles
The slander against the Lutherans: the 404 Articles
No longer can the Lutheran statement be a defense, it must be a confession.
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On to Augsburg!
Luther is 130 miles away at Coburg Castle
Melanchthon writes and rewrites the document
(oops)
UAC
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On to Augsburg!
Luther is 130 miles away at Coburg Castle
Melanchthon writes and rewrites the document
The Lutheran princes arrive
The Emperor arrives
On to Augsburg!
“Before I let anyone take from me the Word of God and ask me to deny my God, I will kneel and let them strike off my head.”
George, Margrave of Brandenburg
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Religious
Religious
Augsburg,
June 25, A.D., 1530
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The Augsburg Confession
June 25, A.D., 1530