Defense of Augsburg Confession, 7-8 (23-37): "Of the Church"

Book of Concord:


The Defense of the
Augsburg Confession



Articles VII and VIII: Of the Church


23] But the adversaries perhaps require [a
new Roman definition], that the Church be defined thus, namely, that it is the
supreme outward monarchy of the whole world, in which the Roman pontiff
necessarily has unquestioned power, which no one is permitted to dispute or
censure [no matter