A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §172

Decem Theses III-IV: One Confession in two exemplars; Formula Concord insert differs in words, not substance

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III. Those two exemplars are not two confessions, but one and the same: the later differs from the earlier not in the substance of the faith's articles, but only in wording and clearer explanation.

IV. The Augsburg Confession text slotted into the Formula of Concord does differ in some words from the 1531 Wittenberg printing in Luther's volumes; in substance, though, it fully matches that text.

Latin

III. Duo illa exemplaria, non duplicem, sed unam eandemq; Confessionem continent, nec posterius à priori, substantialibus fidei articulis, sed solis verbis clariorique explicatione, differt. IV. Exemplar Augustanae Confessionis, Formulae Concordiae insertum, in quibusdam quidem verbis, ab eo, quod Wittebergae An. 31. impressum in Tomis Lutheri invenitur, est diversum; in substantialibus tamen plenè cum eodem convenit.

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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