The Book of Concord

by Theodore G. Tappert

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1959

Overview

The Book of Concord contains Lutheran Church confessional writings and other information essential to understanding the Confessions. This translation of the Lutheran Confessions, prepared in the 1950s, provides an easily readable text of the Confessions, with additional limited notes and introductions.

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Key Features

• Introduction for every chapter
• Foreword by the editor

Contents

Top Highlights

“We should fear,³ love, and trust in God above all things.” (Page 342)

“Accordingly, we should and must constantly maintain that God will not deal with us except through his external Word and sacrament. Whatever is attributed to the Spirit apart from such Word and sacrament is of the devil.” (Page 313)

“If your faith and trust are right, then your God is the true God. On the other hand, if your trust is false and wrong, then you have not the true God. For these two belong together, faith and God. That to which your heart clings and entrusts itself is, I say, really your God.” (Page 365)

“Now, what is the Sacrament of the Altar? Answer: It is the true body and blood of the Lord Christ in and under the bread and wine which we Christians are commanded by Christ’s word to eat and drink.” (Page 447)

“The greatest abuse, however, occurs in spiritual matters, which pertain to the conscience, when false preachers arise and peddle their lying nonsense as the Word of God.” (Page 372)

Product Details

• Title: The Book of Concord
• Editor: Theodore G. Tappert
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 1959
• Pages: 636

About Theodore G. Tappert

The late Theodore G. Tappert, a distinguished church historian and author, was Schieren Professor of the History of Christianity at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He was also archivist of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod and a consultant to the Lutheran Church in America’s Board of Publication.