Does the book of concord have many articles on law and gospel, then. The image shown on this page is the title page of the first edition of the book of concord, printed in dresden, germany in 1580. Christian repeated unanimous confession of laternamed electors, princes, and estates of the augsburg confession, and of their theologians doctrine and faith. That being the case, it is quite surprising that a complete english translation of the book of concord of 1580, which was written only in german except the appended catalog of testimonies and. The confessions of the evangelical lutheran church robert kolb, timothy j. Timothy wengert, ministerium of pennsylvania professor of reform. The small catechism 203 booklet for laity and children, trans. The book of concord 1580 or concordia is the historic doctrinal standard of the lutheran. The 2000 kolbwengert edition is an update of the 1959 tappert edition. Wengert is professor of church history at lutheran theological seminary at philadelphia and editor with robert kolb of the book of concord fortress press, 2000.
The kolb wengert edition of the book of concord states. For the 150th anniversary of the lutheran theological seminary at philadelphia, the rev. It contains a bibliographic citation for this edition of the book of concord. The fifth english translation since 1851, this edition succeeds that edited by theodore tappert published in 1959 by muhlenburg press. Book of concord, collected doctrinal standards of lutheranism in germany, published in german june 25, 1580 and in latin 1584.
Still good to have on hand, however, for the sake of comparison. Lutheranism portal the book of concord or concordia 1580 is the historic doctrinal standard of the lutheran church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in lutheranism since the 16th century. How do i cite the book of concord edited by kolb and. Commissioned in 1993, this translation of the book of concord brings a new generation of scholarship and sensitivities to bear. The articles of incorporation of the lutheran churchmissouri synod, the constitution of the wisconsin evangelical lutheran synod, and many perhaps most lutheran congregational constitutions in the united states specifically reference the book of concord of 1580 as their confessional standard. Kolb and wengerts team of leading reformation historians was augmented by consultation with one hundred other scholars and teachers who. Commissioned in 1993, this translation of the book of concord brings a new generation of scholarship and sensitivities to bear on the foundational texts of lutheran identity. They are also known as the symbolical books of the evangelical lutheran church. The book of concord the confessions of the lutheran church. Later, wengert says, the formula of concord may seem to be a distant, obsolete book, until we use it to illumine our own situation with the authors witnesses to the faith 88. To the readers, one and all, of these writings of ours, we, the electors, princes, and deputies of the holy roman empire in germany, adherents of the augsburg confession, who have subscribed our names to the same, announce and declare, according to the dignity and rank of each one, our devotion.
Timothy wengert, ministerium of pennsylvania professor of reformation history retired reflects on. The confessions of the evangelical lutheran church. The authors of the formula of concord responded to objections from followers of melanchthon who treasured the corpus doctrinae philippicum, and therefore they did not use the term corpus doctrinae when they prepared the formula for publication with the ancient creeds of the church, the. The book of concord or concordia 1580 is the historic doctrinal. There is a pdf document in the writing and style guide on citing martin luther and related lutheran confessional writings.