Beginning in July 1529,Johann Michael Reu, ''The Augsburg Confession'' (1930), p. 28.

Philipp Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the ...

, along with

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and probably

Justus Jonas Justus Jonas, the Elder (5 June 1493 – 9 October 1555), or simply Justus Jonas, was a German Lutheran theologian and reformer. He was a Jurist, Professor and Hymn writer. He is best known for his translations of the writings of Martin Luther ...

, wrote the Articles of Schwabach (, so named because they were presented at the Convention of

Schwabach Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. Together with the neighboring cities of Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen, Schwabach forms one of the three me ...

on 16 October of the same year), as a confession of faith with other

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theologians. Material from this document was later incorporated into the

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written by Philipp Melanchthon in 1530.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Articles of Schwabach 1529 works 16th-century Christian texts Works by Martin Luther