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Omnis utriusque’s Conflicted Reordering: Pastoral Theology and Admission to the Lord’s Supper in View of Wittenberg-Related Church Orders (1523–1528)

Omnis utriusque’s Conflicted Reordering: Pastoral Theology and Admission to the Lord’s Supper in... Omnis utriusque’s Conflicted Reordering: Pastoral Theology and Admission to the Lord’s Supper in View of Wittenberg-Related Church Orders (1523–1528) By Brandt Klawitter In1530withthepresentationoftheAugsburgConfessiontoEmperorCharles V, the Lutheran princes asserted, “confession has not been abolished for it is notcustomarytoadministerthebodyofChristexcepttothosewhohavebeen previously examined and absolved.” As Melanchthon’s later Apology made abundantlyclear,thedefiningwordsofLateranIV’sOmnisutriusquearelatent within thistext. This textstates, in part,that all the faithful of both sexes shall after they have reached the age of discretion faithfully confess all their sins at least once a year to their own (parish) priest and perform to the best of their ability the penance imposed, receiving reverently at least at Easter the sacrament of the Eucharist, unless perchance at the advice of their own priest they may for a good reason abstain for a time from its reception; otherwisetheyshallbecutofffromtheChurch(excommunicated)duringlifeand deprivedofChristian burialindeath. 1. “TheAugsburgConfession,”ArticleXXVinBC,73.SeealsoBSELK,147;“Augsburg Confession,”ArticleXXIV,lines 6,36 (BC,69–71;BSELK, 143,146–147). Abbreviations—BC: Robert Kolb and TimothyJ. Wengert, eds., The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000); BSELK: Irene Dingel, ed., Die Bekenntnisschriften der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche: Voll- ständigeNeuedition(Göttingen:Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht,2014);LW:JaroslavPelikan,Hel- mutT. Lehmann, eds., Luther’s Works, 55 vols. (St. Louis/Philadelphia:, 1955–1986); WA: D. Martin Luthers Werke: Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 73 vols. (Weimar: Böhlau, 1885–2009); WA Br:D. MartinLuthersWerke:Briefwechsel,18 vols.(Weimar:H.Böhlau,1930–1985). 2. See“DieApologiederConfessio Augustana,” Article http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History de Gruyter

Omnis utriusque’s Conflicted Reordering: Pastoral Theology and Admission to the Lord’s Supper in View of Wittenberg-Related Church Orders (1523–1528)

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Omnis utriusque’s Conflicted Reordering: Pastoral Theology and Admission to the Lord’s Supper in View of Wittenberg-Related Church Orders (1523–1528) By Brandt Klawitter In1530withthepresentationoftheAugsburgConfessiontoEmperorCharles V, the Lutheran princes asserted, “confession has not been abolished for it is notcustomarytoadministerthebodyofChristexcepttothosewhohavebeen previously examined and absolved.” As Melanchthon’s later Apology made abundantlyclear,thedefiningwordsofLateranIV’sOmnisutriusquearelatent within thistext. This textstates, in part,that all the faithful of both sexes shall after they have reached the age of discretion faithfully confess all their sins at least once a year to their own (parish) priest and perform to the best of their ability the penance imposed, receiving reverently at least at Easter the sacrament of the Eucharist, unless perchance at the advice of their own priest they may for a good reason abstain for a time from its reception; otherwisetheyshallbecutofffromtheChurch(excommunicated)duringlifeand deprivedofChristian burialindeath. 1. “TheAugsburgConfession,”ArticleXXVinBC,73.SeealsoBSELK,147;“Augsburg Confession,”ArticleXXIV,lines 6,36 (BC,69–71;BSELK, 143,146–147). Abbreviations—BC: Robert Kolb and TimothyJ. Wengert, eds., The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000); BSELK: Irene Dingel, ed., Die Bekenntnisschriften der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche: Voll- ständigeNeuedition(Göttingen:Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht,2014);LW:JaroslavPelikan,Hel- mutT. Lehmann, eds., Luther’s Works, 55 vols. (St. Louis/Philadelphia:, 1955–1986); WA: D. Martin Luthers Werke: Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 73 vols. (Weimar: Böhlau, 1885–2009); WA Br:D. MartinLuthersWerke:Briefwechsel,18 vols.(Weimar:H.Böhlau,1930–1985). 2. See“DieApologiederConfessio Augustana,” Article

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