William Julius Mann "A Plea for the Augsburg Confession"

Ken McGuire
Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

In 1855 an pamphlet was distributed around the General Synod of the Lutherans in this country.  This pamphlet included, among other things, an american re-write of the Augsburg Confession.  It caused quite a bit of discussion and protest, and in the end was rejected by almost all Lutherans.

The most well known attack on it was delivered by Phillip Schaff's old college roommate - William Julius Mann.  His response is a focused critique as well as an invitation to understand why the Augsburg Confession is so important to us Lutherans.

The text used is based on that of http://www.archive.org/details/apleafortheaugs00mannuoft.  I have added a few links to the Lutheran Confessions based on the current standard translation, as well as a few links to Luther's Works.

SDG

Ken McGuire

The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

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  • Milford Charles Murray
    Milford Charles Murray Member Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭

    Peace to you, Ken!

                          Thank you so very much!                   Will be reading this later today with great relish!              *smile*

    God bless you for your Labours for Him and for sharing with us...........

    Philippians 4:  4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........

  • Gerald Kapanka
    Gerald Kapanka Member Posts: 28 ✭✭

    Thank you for using the time the Lord has given you to aid the Church with these resources. God give you His Peace.

  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/285429#Comment_285429

    Gerald Kapanka said:

    Thank you for using the time the Lord has given you to aid the Church with these resources. God give you His Peace.

    To be honest, I would rather have a job - I have been unemployed for too long...  But glad to use the time for something.

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

    L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭

    Updated this one as well to us type links

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

    L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭

    The main reason for this update is that Logos has an official edition of Schmucker's American Lutheran Church, and so I started looking at my older PB's for links to it.  While I was at it, I added a few more language tags, corrected a few missing itallics, and made the footnotes use the original marker (*) instead of numbers, and managed the headings a bit and a few other minor tweeks.

    SDG

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

    L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

  • Milford Charles Murray
    Milford Charles Murray Member Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/569338#Comment_569338

    Thanks, Ken!             *smile*                           Peace and Blessings to you!                Much appreciated!              SDG ....     Yes!

    Philippians 4:  4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........

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