Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun augsburg_confession

1 sense of augsburg confession

Sense 1
Augsburg Confession -- (the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today)
       INSTANCE OF=> confession -- (the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century))