Confutatio Augustana

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The Confutatio Augustana ( Latin refutation ), also Germanized confutation , is a refutation of the Confessio Augustana by the Roman Catholic side. In theological literature it is usually called confutatio for short .

On June 25, 1530, the Protestant imperial estates presented the Confessio Augustana to Emperor Charles V at the Reichstag in Augsburg, mainly written by Philipp Melanchthon , in order to receive recognition for the teaching and practice of the church in the Protestant principalities . Emperor Charles V then commissioned 20 theologians loyal to the Pope who were present in Augsburg to write a reply. In charge was John Eck . A first version of the Confutatio, however, was rejected by the emperor because it was very polemical and rambling. On August 3, 1530, the final version was read out at the Reichstag. In the Confutatio, in particular, the statements of the Confessio Augustana on the importance of good works, the church and the veneration of saints are rejected and a return to Roman teaching is called for. In many other points, however, the Confutatio expressly agrees with the Confessio Augustana (Articles 1–3, 5, 8–14, 16–18 and 20). Emperor Charles V refused to hand over the text of the Confutatio to the Protestants. Nevertheless, Melanchthon wrote an answer to it, the apology of the Confessio Augustana , which was completed in 1531, but could no longer be presented to the emperor.

Text output

literature

  • Herbert Immenkötter: About unity in faith. The union negotiations of the Augsburg Reichstag. Aschendorff, Münster 1974.
  • Erwin Iserloh (ed.): Confessio Augustana and Confutatio. The Augsburg Reichstag 1530 and the unity of the church. Aschendorff, Münster 1981, ISBN 978-3-402-03765-2 .
  • Herbert Immenkötter: Augsburg Confession . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1226 (1229) .

Individual evidence

  1. Cf. Augustin von Roskovány ( arrangement ): Romanus pontifex tamquam primas ecclesiae et princeps civilis e monumentis omnium seculorum demonstratus , Vol. II. Michael Siegler, Nitra 1867, p. 331 ( Google Books ).
  2. Herbert Immenkötter: Augsburg Confession . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1226 (1229) .