At the city of Augsburg, the Lutheran princes confessed their faith before the Emperor Charles V. After stating that we hold to the doctrine of the Trinity, original sin, and the person and work of Jesus Christ, they confessed the foundation doctrine of the Christian faith, namely, justification. We still confess the same faith. We declare with them saying,
Also they [our churches] teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for Christ’s sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for Christ’s sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for our sins. This faith God imputes for righteousness in His sight. Romans 3 and 4.
Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921).Augsburg Confession- Article IV.
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