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Quotation from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon
“Also they 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”
The Augsburg Confession, Article IV: Of Justification, trans. F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau (1921)
Article IV, the central Lutheran statement on justification.
Citation: "Also they 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" — Philip Melanchthon, The Augsburg Confession, Article IV: Of Justification, trans. F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau (1921). (id augsburg-confession-q1)
