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_The American Recension of the Augsburg Confession_.
The general principle, on which this Recension was constructed, is to
present the doctrinal articles entire, without the change of a single
word, merely omitting the several sentences generally regarded as
erroneous, together with nearly the entire condemnatory clauses, and
_adding nothing_ in their stead. All that the Recension contains is
therefore the unadulterated Augsburg Confession, slightly abridged. The
following list will show, that _almost the entire Confession is thus
retained,_ a single article only being omitted, viz.: that on Private
Confession and Absolution.
ART. I. _Of God:_ retained _entire_.
ART. II. _Of Natural Depravity:_ entire, except the omission of the
words, "by baptism and the Holy Spirit." The condemnatory clause is
also given, except the name " Pelagians and others, &c."
ART. III. _Of the Son of God and his Mediatorial Work:_ retained
_entire_.
ART. IV. _Of Justification:_ retained _entire_.
ART. V. _Of the Ministerial Office:_ retained _entire_.
ART. VI. _Concerning New Obedience_ (or a Christian Life:) _entire_.
ART. VII. _Of the Church: entire_.
ART. VIII. _What the Church is: entire_, except the omission of the
last two sentences.
ART. IX. _Concerning Baptism:_ according to the German copy. _entire_.
ART. X. _Of the Lord's Supper:_ omits the words "_body_ and _blood_"
and "_truly_," and the phrase "are dispensed_," &c.
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