All that the Recension contains is therefore the unadulterated Augsburg Confession, slightly abridged.

The following list will show, that _almost the entire Confession is thus retained,_ a single article only being omitted, viz.: that on Private Confession and Absolution.
ART.

I._Of God:_ retained _entire_.
ART.II._Of Natural Depravity:_ entire, except the omission of the words, "by baptism and the Holy Spirit." The condemnatory clause is also given, except the name " Pelagians and others, &c." ART.III._Of the Son of God and his Mediatorial Work:_ retained _entire_.
ART.IV._Of Justification:_ retained _entire_.
ART.

V._Of the Ministerial Office:_ retained _entire_.
ART.VI._Concerning New Obedience_ (or a Christian Life:) _entire_.
ART.VII._Of the Church: entire_.
ART.VIII._What the Church is: entire_, except the omission of the last two sentences.
ART.IX._Concerning Baptism:_ according to the German copy.

_entire_.
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