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IX.<br />

THE SPECIFIC DOCTRINES OF THE CONSERVATIVE<br />

REFORMATION:<br />

ORIGINAL SIN. (AUGSBURG CONFESSION, ART. II.)<br />

Documentary History of the second Article of the A. Confession.<br />

THE foundation of the second Article of the Augsburg Confession, which<br />

treats of Original Sin, was laid in the Articles of the Colloquy at Marburg.<br />

This colloquy took place October 3d, 1529, <strong>and</strong> was designed to bring<br />

about, if possible, an agreement between Luther <strong>and</strong> Zwingli, <strong>and</strong> their<br />

adherents. Fifteen Articles were drawn up by Luther. Fourteen of these<br />

were adopted entire by both parties, <strong>and</strong> the fifteenth was received with the<br />

exception of one point, to which the Zwinglians objected.<br />

I. Articles of the Colloquy at Marburg.<br />

In these fifteen Articles are the roots of the Augsburg Confession.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fourth Article was on Original Sin <strong>and</strong> is as follows:<br />

"In the fourth place, we believe that original sin is from Adam,<br />

inborn <strong>and</strong> inherited to us, <strong>and</strong> is a sin of such kind that it condemns all<br />

men, <strong>and</strong> if Jesus Christ had not come to our help, by his death <strong>and</strong> life,<br />

we must have died therein eternally, <strong>and</strong> could not have come to God's<br />

kingdom <strong>and</strong> blessedness." 238<br />

238 J. J. Müller's Historie, 306. Corpus. Reform. xxvi. 123. Compared with Hospinian His. Sacr. ii. 77. On the<br />

whole Colloquy, cf.: Corp. Reform. i. Nos. 631-642. Seckendorf. Hist. Luth. ii. 139. Luther's Werke: Walch xvii.<br />

2361, 2374, xxiii. 6, 35. Jena: iv. 469. Leipz. xix. 530. Erlangen: lxv. 88. Zimmermann: Ref. Schr. M. L. iii.<br />

426. Luther's Briefe (De Wette, iii. 508.) Zwingli's Werke (Zurich, 1830.): Germ. Vol. ii. P. iii. 44-58. Lat. iv.<br />

173-204. Historia v. d. Augsburg Confess. (Chemnitz, Selneccer, Kirchner) Leipz. 1584. Fol. 92-107. Do. Lat.<br />

1585. 113-133. Sculteti Annal. ad ann. 1529. 199. Chytraei: Histor. d. A. C. 159. Lat. 643-646. Rudelbach: Ref.<br />

L. u. Un. 665-668. Ebrard: Abendmahl, 345-347.

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