Once
again we wholeheartedly confess our adherence to this same Christian
Augsburg Confession, solidly based as it is in God's Word, and we remain
faithful to its simple, clear, unequivocal meaning, which its words
intend. We regard this confession as a pure, Christian creed, which
(after the Word of God) should guide true Christians in this time, just
as in earlier times Christian creeds and confessions were formulated
in God's church, when major controversies broke out. To these documents
the faithful teachers and their hearers confessed their adherence at
those times with heart and mouth. By the grace of the Almighty we, too,
are resolved to abide faithfully until our end in this oft-cited Christian
confession, as it was delivered to Emperor Charles in 1530. We do not
intend to deviate in the least from this Confession either in this document
or in any other, nor do we intend to submit any other, new confession.
--
from The
Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord
