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Survey of Teachings of the New Church #9

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9. Protestant Teachings Concerning Justification, Taken from the Formula of Concord

The book that is the source of the following statements is called the Formula of Concord; it was written by people who endorsed the Augsburg Confession. Because I will be giving the page numbers from which these statements were taken, I should mention that what I am citing is the Leipzig edition of 1756.

  
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Survey of Teachings of the New Church #53

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53. 12 The body of teaching espoused by the modern-day church is woven together out of numerous absurdities that have to be taken on faith. Therefore its teachings become part of our memory alone. They do not become part of our higher understanding; they rest instead on supporting evidence from below the level of the intellect.

  
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