Sources

The Formula of Concord

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "The Formula of Concord." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-formula-of-concord.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Formula of Concord. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-formula-of-concord

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-formula-of-concord,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Formula of Concord},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-formula-of-concord},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Formula of Concord is a primary Lutheran confessional text, gathered by name from multiple named authors, Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz and Nikolaus Selnecker among them, to settle disputes that had arisen within Lutheranism after Luther's own death, and later collected into the 1580 Book of Concord. As a primary text it is authoritative for what this specific settlement states, including its articles on the Lord's Supper and the person of Christ arguing the Lutheran position against both the Reformed and the memorialist views, checkable directly against the text, not for how a specific modern Lutheran body currently applies a given article. Use it to establish the Lutheran confessional position of 1577 on a named point of doctrine.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

The settlement of the intra-Lutheran doctrinal disputes, gathered into the 1580 Book of Concord; its articles on the Lord's Supper and on the person of Christ state the Lutheran position against both the Reformed and the memorialist views.

Notes

The settlement of the intra-Lutheran disputes, gathered into the Book of Concord of 1580. Its articles on the Lord's Supper and on the person of Christ state the Lutheran position against both the Reformed and the memorialists.

Citation

Author

Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Nikolaus Selnecker and others

Publication Year

1577

URL

https://files.lcms.org/dl/f/formula-of-concord-reading-booklet

Source Type

primary-text

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Lutheranism

This source names Lutheranism directly: "settle disputes that had arisen within Lutheranism after Luther's own death, and later collected into the 1580 Book of Concord."

Source The Formula of ConcordJakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Nikolaus Selnecker and others

Claims Backed By This Source (63 claims)

This source backs 63 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 18 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 2 held Differently. Plus 18 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Doctrines, 30 claims: 7 well-attested, 12 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 2 held Differently, 8 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Denominations, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
Rituals, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.
Creeds & Confessions, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.