What is meant by the Unaltared Augsburg Confession?
I have heard of the Augsburg Confession. A. From the time that the Augsburg Confession was presented by the Lutherans to Charles V until 1540 changes were made that deviated from the original text, changes introduced principally by Philip Melanchthon. Historians differ somewhat on the fine points of the history of this period, but by 1540 when the “altered” (called variata in Latin) version of the Augsburg Confession had been published, Lutherans became increasingly concerned that some of these changes compromised the original confession at Augsburg and were in fact made, as it was supposed, in the interest of closer relations with the Swiss Reformers who had a different understanding (for example) of the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper. So, this “altered” version of the Augsburg Confession was publicly rejected and commitment to the “Unaltered Augsburg Confession” declared.
