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Augustan confession
Augustan Au*gus"tan, a. [L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus C[ae]sar or to his times. 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus C[ae]sar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. Augustan confession (Eccl. Hist.), or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum, or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church.
Confessional
Confessional Con*fes"sion*al, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
Confessional equality
Equality E*qual"i*ty, n.; pl. Equalities. [L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.] 1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights. A footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay. 2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution. 3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface. 4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under Confessional.
Confessional equality
Confessional Con*fes"sion*al, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
Confessionalism
Confessionalism Con*fes"sion*al*ism, n. (Eccl.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. --Shaff.
Confessionalist
Confessionalist Con*fes"sion*al*ist, n. A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] --Boucher
Confessionary
Confessionary Con*fes"sion*a*ry, n. [LL. confessionarium.] A confessional. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Confessionary
Confessionary Con*fes"sion*a*ry, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.
Confessionist
Confessionist Con*fes"sion*ist, n. [Cf. F. confessioniste.] One professing a certain faith. --Bp. Montagu.

Meaning of Confessio from wikipedia

- Confessio Amantis ("The Lover's Confession") is a 33,000-line Middle English poem by John Gower, which uses the confession made by an ageing lover to...
- Look up confession, confess, confessing, or confessio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A confession is an acknowledgement of fact by one who would...
- The Confessio Fraternitatis (Confessio oder Bekenntnis der Societät und Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz), or simply The Confessio, printed in K****el (Germany)...
- The confessio of Santa Francesca Romana is the confessio, the enclosed area below the altar, of the Basilica of Santa Francesca Romana in Rome. It was...
- Confessio catholica is one of the main works of German Orthodox Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard (1582–1637). It s****s to prove the evangelical and...
- primarily for three major works—the Mirour de l'Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis—three long poems written in French, Latin, and English respectively...
- Confession of Peter (translated from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: Confessio Petri) refers to an episode in the New Testament in which the Apostle...
- K****el, Germany) This manifesto introduced the founder, "Frater C.R.C." Confessio Fraternitatis (published 1615 in K****el, Germany) The Chymical Wedding...
- The Altered Augsburg Confession (Lat. Confessio Augustana Variata) is a later version of the Lutheran Augsburg Confession that includes notable differences...
- known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and...