The Lutheran Hub "Listen to the Book of Concord" page is an audio-based reading guide that organizes the Lutheran Confessions into a day-by-day listening plan, allowing users to hear specific documents, articles, and sections at designated starting times within recorded audio. Its table identifies the day, confessional document, article title, timestamp, audio link, and related information, covering major works such as Luther's Large Catechism, the Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, and the Formula of Concord's Solid Declaration. By breaking extensive theological texts into clearly labeled segments - such as the Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, Baptism, Confession, Free Will, Election, and the Person of Christ - the page makes the Book of Concord more approachable for regular listening, personal devotion, catechesis, and systematic study of Lutheran doctrine.
The table displays 40 days worth of listening to the Book of Concord. Each day contains an audio image that, when clicked, can be used to listen to the audio recording of the listed articles for that day. Each document/article contains a link to the appropriate section of the Book of Concord (that can be used to follow the reading) as well as a link that highlights the appropriate section from the Book of Concord webpage.
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Plays the audio recording of a section of the Book of Concord.
The Book of Concord website from Concordia Publishing House is a free online gateway to the historic confessional documents of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, presenting the church's public witness to biblical, Trinitarian, pastoral, and Christ-centered faith. Visitors can read the preface; the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds; the Augsburg Confession and its Apology; the Smalcald Articles; the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope; Luther's Small and Large Catechisms; and both the Epitome and Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord. The site uses the revised English text from Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions and emphasizes the confessions' central proclamation of the crucified and risen Christ, whose saving work brings forgiveness to sinners and whose return will bring final judgment.
The Lutheran Hub Book of Concord FAQ page is an educational guide to the Lutheran Confessions that combines frequently asked questions, introductory materials, and direct access to the confessional texts and their articles. It helps users understand what the Book of Concord is, why it was published in 1580, what "concord" and "confession" mean, and how the Lutheran Confessions function as authoritative summaries of what confessional Lutherans believe, teach, and confess on the basis of Holy Scripture. The page also links readers to the central documents of the Book of Concord - including the ecumenical creeds, Augsburg Confession, Apology, Small and Large Catechisms, Smalcald Articles, Treatise, and Formula of Concord - and addresses practical questions about their value for laypeople, pastors, churches, and Christian witness.