Lutheran Confessional
Outlines (LCMS)
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Articles of Faith and Doctrine
(Abuses Which Have Been Corrected)
1. God
2. Original Sin
3. The Son of God
4. Justification
5. The Office of the Ministry
6. The New Obedience
7. The Church
8. What the Church is
9. Baptism
10. The Lord's Supper
11. Confession
12. Repentance
13. The Use of the Sacraments
14. Order in the Church
15. Church Usages
16. Civil Affairs
17. The Return by Christ to Judgment
18. Freedom of the Will
19. The Cause of Sin
20. Faith and Good Works
21. The Cult of Saints
22. Both Kinds in the Sacrament
23. The Marriage of Priests
24. The Mass
25. Confession
26. The Distinction of Foods
27. Monastic Vows
28. The Power of Bishops
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Preface (Basis for All Doctrine)
1. Original Sin
2. Free Will
3. The Righteousness of Faith Before God
4. Good Works
5. Law & Gospel
6. The Third Function of the Law
7. The Holy Supper of Christ
8. The Person of Christ
9. Christ's Descent into Hell
10. Church Usages (Adiaphora)
11. God's External Foreknowledge and Election
12. Other Functions and Sects
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Preface
I. The Divine Majesty
II. The Office and Work of Jesus Christ
1. Christ and Faith
2. The Mass
3. Chapters and Monasteries
4. The Papacy
III. Matters for Discussion
1. Sin
2. The Law
3. Repentance
4. The Gospel
5. Baptism
6. The Sacrament of the Altar
7. The Keys
8. Confession
9. Excommunication
10. Ordination and Vocation
11. The Marriage of Priests
12. The Church
13. How Man is Justified Before God, and His Good Works
14. Monastic Vows
15. Human Traditions
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Preface (1580)
I. The Three Chief Symbols
II. The Augsburg Confession (1530)
III. Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531)
IV. The Smalcald Articles (1537)
V. Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537)
VI. The Small Catechism (1529)
VII. The Large Catechism (1529)
VIII. Formula of Concord (1577) 
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