PART 2


Article III: _Of Christ._

The Third Article the adversaries approve, in which we confess that
there are in Christ two natures, namely, a human nature, assumed by
the Word into the unity of His person; and that the same Christ
suffered and died to reconcile the Father to us; and that He was
raised again to reign, and to justify and sanctify believers, etc.,
according to the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed.


Article IV (II): _Of Justification._

In the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and, below, in the Twentieth Article,
they condemn us, for teaching that men obtain remission of sins, not
because of their own merits, but freely for Christ's sake, through
faith in Christ. [They reject quite stubbornly both these statements.
] For they condemn us both for denying that men obtain remission of
sins because of their own merits, and for affirming that, through
faith, men obtain remission of sins, and through faith in Christ are
justified. But since in this controversy the chief topic of
Christian doctrine is treated, which, understood aright, illumines
and amplifies the honor of Christ [which is of especial service for
the clear, correct understanding of the entire Holy Scriptures, and
alone shows the way to the unspeakable treasure and right knowledge
of Christ, and alone opens the door to the entire Bible], and brings
necessary and most abundant consolation to devout consciences, we ask