(1577). A Lutheran "confessional" document, creed, or "symbol" that in its two parts (Epitome and Solid Declaration) make up the final section of the Lutheran Corpus Doctrinae [Body of Doctrine], known as the Book of Concord of 1580. The original document was written in German, though a Latin translation was published in the Latin Book of Concord of 1584. Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 29 - Publication of the Bergen Book which is better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings, later condensed into an... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... A creed is a statement of belief—usually religious belief—or faith. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The Book of Concord, or Concordia was first published on June 25, 1580, fifty years after the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language — the source text — and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language — called the target text, or the translation. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Book of Concord, or Concordia was first published on June 25, 1580, fifty years after the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Significance and composition

The promulgation and subscription of this document was a major factor in the unification and preservation of Lutheranism. It was the joint work of a centrist group of Lutheran theologians and churchmen of the latter sixteenth century, who met from April 9 to June 7, 1576 in Torgau: Jakob Andreä (1528-1590), Martin Chemnitz (1522-1586), Nicholas Selnecker (1528-1592), David Chytraeus (1531-1600), Andrew Musculus (1514-1581), Christoph Körner (1518-1594), Caspar Heyderich, Paul Crell (1532-1579), Maximilian Mörlin (1516-1584), Wolfgang Harder, Daniel Gräser, Nicholas Jagenteufel, John Cornicaelius, John Schütz, Martin Mirus (1532-1593), Gerorge Listenius, and Peter Glaser; and a smaller set of this group (Andreä, Chemnitz, Selnecker, Chytraeus, Musculus, and Körner) a year later in Bergen Abbey, near Magdeburg, both from March 1-14, and in May, 1577. The first group produced the Torgau Book, which was at once condensed by Andreä into the Epitome, the first part of the Formula of Concord. The second group revised the Torgau Book into its final form, known as the Bergen Book or the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord. (Depending on the translation, the Solid Declaration is also known as the Thorough Declaration of the Formula of Concord.) It was presented to Elector August of Saxony on May 28, 1577. Subsequently it was signed (subscribed) by three electors of the Holy Roman Empire, twenty dukes and princes, twenty-four counts, four barons, thirty-five free imperial cities, and 8,000 pastors. These constituted two-thirds of the Lutheran Church in Germany at the time. The Lutheran tradition is a group of Christian denominations who accept the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... 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