Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
6-1-1947
Document Type
Article
Keywords
doctrine, sacraments, augustana, donatism, lutherans, apology, papistic, augsburg confession, evangelical, fellowship, luther, salvation
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
"And to the true unity of the Church it is enough. "[italics our own] to agree concerning the doctrine of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments" (Et ad venam unitatem ecclesiae satis est consentire de doctrina evangelica et administratione sacramentorum). So reads one of the most important statements in the Augsburg Confession. It is inserted between a definition of the "one holy Church" and the rejection of the Romanist teaching that human traditions, that is, rites or ceremonies instituted by men, should everywhere be alike. This antecedent and subsequent context must be kept in mind by all who wish to understand what the writers of the Augustana meant to emphasize when they here wrote their significant satis est.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Mueller, John Theodore
(1947)
"Notes on the "Satis Est" in Article VII of the Auguatana,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 18, Article 35.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol18/iss1/35
