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DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE

PERSONAL UNION OF THE TWO

natures in Christ, according to the mind of Holy Scripture, the
Church, and the Augsburg Confession: against
those who pervert the genuine
meaning of these things.

ERISTES and ORTHODOXUS.

A decorative drop cap 'E' features floral and scrollwork patterns.Eristes, I have many reasons to be angry with you and to accuse you: especially because you do not think of Christ, God and man, in the way that not only Holy Scripture prescribes we believe and think of him, but also the opinion of the Augsburg Confession declares.

Orthodoxus: We would deserve not only to be accused, but to be detested, if we were found to think about the person of Christ otherwise than the divine writings hand down and the Christian—and therefore the Augsburg Confession’s—view of religion dictates. However, you are truly mistaken to think that we are in error, since it can be clearly shown that your own inventions openly fight against the word of God and the Augsburg Confession in this doctrine concerning our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eristes: Do you therefore consider one to be orthodox and a Christian, if he dares to confess that the man Christ is not omnipotent, not omniscient, not everywhere present, and not God?