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AUGSBURG CONFESSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Augsburg Confession mean?
• AUGSBURG CONFESSION (noun)
The noun AUGSBURG CONFESSION has 1 sense:
1. the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today
Familiarity information: AUGSBURG CONFESSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
confession (the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century))
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