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DR. JOHANN GERHARD’S

CATHOLIC

CONFESSION,

original: "Confessio Catholica." The term "Catholic" is used here in its ancient sense of "universal" or "orthodox." Gerhard is not writing a Roman Catholic document; rather, he is arguing that the Lutheran (Evangelical) faith is the true continuation of the ancient, universal Christian church.

IN WHICH

THE CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL DOCTRINE,

original: "Doctrina Catholica et Evangelica." In the 17th century, "Evangelical" was the standard name for the Lutheran movement, emphasizing their focus on the "Gospel" (Evangelium).

WHICH THE CHURCHES ADHERING TO THE

AUGSBURG CONFESSION

original: "Augustanae Confessioni." The Augsburg Confession (1530) is the foundational document of the Lutheran faith.

PROFESS,

FROM THE

UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE?

...?

JOHANN GERHARD

Doctor of Sacred Theologyoriginal: "SS. Theol. D." (Sacrosanctae Theologiae Doctor). The highest academic rank in divinity studies., Public Professororiginal: "P. P." (Professor Publicus). A university professor holding a state-sanctioned chair, entitled to give public lectures. & of the Jena? Academy

A mirrored woodcut printer's device, consisting of an oval cartouche with ornate decorative scrollwork. The central emblem is too faint to be clearly identified, but appears to contain symbolic figures typical of 17th-century academic publishing.

JENA

Jena was a major intellectual center of Lutheran Orthodoxy in the 17th century.

At the expense of the HEIRS OF TOBIAS STEINMANN.

Tobias Steinmann was a prominent printer in Jena; after his death, his family continued the business under this collective name.

IN THE YEAR 1662.