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The Smalcald Articles (1537)

Martin Luther

Articles of Christian Doctrine which were to have been presented on our part to the Council, if any had been assembled at Mantua or elsewhere, indicating what we could accept or yield, and what we could not.

Smalcald Articles Contents:

• Preface of Dr. Martin Luther.
• The First Part
• The Second Part
  • Article I: The Chief Article
  • Article II: Of the Mass
  • Article III: Of Chapters and Cloisters
  • Article IV: Of the Papacy
• The Third Part
  • Article I: Of Sin
  • Article II: Of the Law
  • Article III: Repentance
  • Article IV: Of the Gospel
  • Article V: Of Baptism
  • Article VI: Of the Sacrament of the Altar
  • Article VII: Of the Keys
  • Article VIII: Of Confession
  • Article IX: Excommunication
  • Article X: Of Ordination and the Call
  • Article XI: Of the Marriage of Priests
  • Article XII: Of the Church
  • Article XIII: How One is Justified before God, and of Good Works
  • Article XIV: Of Monastic Vows
  • Article XV: Of Human Traditions
  • Subscribers

Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau

Published in:

Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Ev. Lutheran Church.

(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), pp. 453-502.