Defense of Augsburg Confession 7-8, 38-50: "Of the Church"

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The Defense of the Augsburg Confession

Articles VII and VIII: Of the Church.


38] The adversaries say that universal
traditions are to be observed because they are supposed to have been handed
down by the apostles. What religious men they are! They wish that the rites
derived from the apostles be retained; they do not wish the doctrine of the
apostles to be