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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: whereof we thought that it was necessary to speak, in order
that it might be understood that in doctrine and ceremonies
nothing has been received on our part against Scripture or the
Church Catholic. For it is manifest that we have taken most
diligent care that no new and ungodly doctrine should creep
into our churches.
The above articles we desire to present in accordance with the
edict of Your Imperial Majesty, in order to exhibit our
Confession and let men see a summary of the doctrine of our
teachers. If there is anything that any one might desire in
this Confession, we are ready, God willing, to present ampler
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