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Augurius, St SEE AUGULUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Augur an officer, among the ancient Romans, who performed divination by means of birds. Romulus is said to have appointed a college of augurs, three in number. To these Numa afterwards added two. The Ogulnian law, passed B.C. 300, increased the number to nine, five of them being chosen from the plebeians. In the time … Continue reading “Augur”

AUGSBURGH OR AUGUSTAN CONFESSION A celebrated confession of faith drawn up by Luther and Melancthon on behalf of themselves and other ancient reformers, and presented in 1550 to the emperor Charles V, at the diet of Augusta, or Augsburgh, in the name of the evangelic body. This confession contains twenty-eight chapters, of which the greatest … Continue reading “AUGSBURGH OR AUGUSTAN CONFESSION”

Augsburgh or AUGUSTAN CONFESSION. In 1530, a diet of the German princes was convened by the emperor Charles V, to meet at Augsburgh, for the express purpose of composing the religious troubles which then distracted Germany. On this occasion Melancthon was employed to draw up this famous confession of faith which may be considered as … Continue reading “Augsburgh”

Augsburg, Synods of From the time of St. Boniface (d. 754), especially during periods of earnest revival of religious and ecclesiastical life, synods were frequently convened by the bishops of Germany, and sometimes by those of individual ecclesiastical provinces. As the German bishops were, on the one hand, princes of the empire, and the emperor … Continue reading “Augsburg, Synods of”

Augsburg, Religious Peace of Compact arrived at in 1555 by the Diet of Augsburg, in a vain effort to secure religious harmony, by recognizing the pretensions of the German princes to dictate a religion to their subjects and by securing to the adherents of the Augsburg Confession all Catholic property which they had held from … Continue reading “Augsburg, Religious Peace of”

Augsburg Interim SEE INTERIM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Augsburg, Germany, diocese of Founded in the 6th century . Suffragen of the archdiocese of Munich. Notable bishops include Saint Adalbero Saint Simbert of Augsburg Saint Ulric See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Augsburg patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Augsburg, Councils Of (Concilium Augustanum). Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum) is a city of Swabia, and capital of a principality belonging to Bavaria, situated at the junction of the Wertach and the Lech, thirty miles north-west of Munich. Two councils were held. there. I. Held on Aug. 7, 952. Twenty-four bishops from Germany and Lombardy were present … Continue reading “Augsburg, Councils Of”

Augsburg Confession (Confessio Augustana), the first Protestant confession of faith. I. History. After Charles V concluded peace with France, he summoned a German Diet to meet at Augsburg April 8, 1530. The writ of invitation called for aid against the Turks, who in 1529 had besieged Vienna; it also promised a discussion of the religious … Continue reading “Augsburg Confession”