Bente explains how the Lutheran confessions collected in the Book of Concord came to be written: the ancient creeds, the Augsburg Confession and its Apology, the Smalcald Articles, Luther’s catechisms and above all the Formula of Concord, with detailed accounts of the bitter disputes among Melanchthon’s followers, Flacius, Strigel and Andreae that the Formula set out to settle.
A standard history of the Lutheran confessions, valuable to students of the Reformation. Download the free EPUB.