Confutation
21Thomas More — For other uses, see Thomas More (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellor In offic …
22Augsburg Confession — Lutheranism Luther s Seal Book of Concord …
23Boyle Lectures — The Boyle Lectures were named after Robert Boyle, a prominent Irish Natural Philosopher in the 17th Century. Boyle endowed a series of lectures in his will, which were designed as a forum where prominent academics could discuss the existence of… …
25Apology of the Augsburg Confession — The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was prepared by Philipp Melanchthon as a response to the Roman Catholic Confutation of the Augsburg Confession which was written to answer the Lutheran Augsburg Confession after it was presented in 1530 at… …
26Baconian theory — The Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon wrote the plays conventionally attributed to William Shakespeare.The mainstream view is that William Shakespeare of Stratford, an actor in the Lord Chamberlain s Men… …
27Apolŏgie — (v. gr.), 1) Schutz , Vertheidigungsrede; 2) (a. Liter.), Name mehrerer Schriften der Alten; bekannt sind die Apologien des Sokrates von Plato u. Xenophon ((s. b.), u. die des Appulejus (s.d.), eine Selbstvertheidigung gegen die Beschuldigung der …
28Confutiren — (v. lat.), widerlegen, überführen [357] Confutation, Widerlegung, Überführung; so Confutation der Augsburgischen Confession, die Widerlegungsschrift, welche die Katholischen gegen die Augsburgische Confession abfaßten, s. u. Apologie 3); u.… …
29Apology of the Augsburg Confession — ▪ work by Melanchthon one of the confessions of Lutheranism, a defense and elaboration of the Augsburg Confession, written by the Reformer Philipp Melanchthon (Melanchthon, Philipp) in 1531. The first version of the Apology was hastily… …
30Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin …
