The Lutheran Hub Read the Book of Concord page is a structured reading plan that helps users work through the Lutheran Confessions gradually by assigning a document or section for each day of the week. It begins with foundational materials such as Luther's Small Catechism - including teachings on Baptism and Confession - and provides a practical sequence for reading the Book of Concord rather than confronting its extensive collection of creeds, catechisms, confessions, and doctrinal writings all at once. The page is intended to support regular personal study, catechesis, and deeper familiarity with the historic documents through which the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod publicly summarizes and confesses its biblical faith.
The table displays 52 weeks worth of readings of the Book of Concord. Clicking the Book of Concord image will display that section and sentence number from the Book of Concord. Clicking the image for this website will display the Book of Concord webpage with the particular section highlighted.
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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.