The Lutheran Hub "Read Formula of Concord" page is a guided study resource for the Formula of Concord, the final confessional document in the Book of Concord, which was written to resolve doctrinal controversies among Lutherans after the Reformation. It organizes readings by topic and links the Formula’s articles - such as the person of Christ - to parallel discussions in other Lutheran Confessions, including the Augsburg Confession, its Apology, and the Epitome of the Formula. By placing these sources side by side, the page helps readers trace how Lutheran doctrine is explained consistently across the confessional writings and supports systematic study of issues such as Christology, justification, the Law and Gospel, original sin, free will, the Lord's Supper, and election.
FunctionalityThe table displays 12 months worth of readings of the Formula of Concord. Clicking the Book of Concord image for a particular reading will display that section and sentence number from the Book of Concord.
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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.