The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

As a Lutheran who is in midst of learning more than I knew about being a Christian and the religion I purchased this particular book due to the lower price that elsewhere. The quality of the book is outstanding and obviously the pages are meaningful. I am glad I now have this book to add to my others. Shipping was quick the packaging was excellent and I'm pleased.

Top quality book. Produced and bound beautifully. Another fine text by Fortress Press!

This book is essential for serious students of Lutheran doctrine and discipline. It is also of foundational importance for all Protestants, and students of sixteenth-century European history will find it a rich resource also. While there are other, simpler books which may be more to-the-point for outreach purposes, if you want to sink your teeth into the Reformation, you need one of these.

I am getting quite a library started which yields a lot of information for me to study being a newcomer to the Lutheran Faith.This book is fascinating to read because it goes back to the beginning of the Reformation.

Do you ever wonder what Martin Luther and his Reformers thought when the reviewed the New Testament, translated it into German from the Latin, and basically took the gloves off when they said the Catholic Church was abusive to both scripture and the common people? The Book of the Concord, this publication, includes the important 1530 - 1580 Reformation documents defining the reformation movement - which is recommended adult education reading at my Lutheran church. It does not include the Catholic response - which is not an omission as that is not within the Book of the Concord as acknowledged by the Protestant theologians then or now. Sadly I wish it did, to make comparisons easier.The book itself is a good average publication, good paper stock, much heavier than Bible thin stock with legible reasonable sized font to get it into its 717 plus pages in a manageable size. There are a number of blank pages at the end for notes. The binding is good as book opens to the page desired and then lays flat (open) seldom slamming itself shut. I hate books that close themselves.As far as the accuracy of the Latin and German translations, I leave that to others to comment on. There are footnotes that do highlight Latin - German translation points and explanations. It is a good personal reference book and I notice it is available in Kindle.

I know the book already and I know the publisher - both high quality. I think it is a good product, but your shipping method was not so good. No, it was worse than "not so good." It was poor! The book was in a manila envelope, folded over and taped. There was absolutely no padding, nothing, so that the corners of the book were each bent over. I was disappointed with your lack of care and expected better.

While there are a few translations of the Book of Concord around, this one does well as an alternative to Tappert's translation or the overly-cumbersome Triglotta. This translation is easy to read and the explanatory notes are well written and easy to comprehend. This is as good a translation for laymen as Tappert, and good value for money as well.

Originally published in the year 1580. It contains all the fundamental writings of the Lutheran Church - ,the Augsburg Confession, Luther's Small and Large Catechisms, the Smalcald Articles, etc. A must reading for all Lutherans and other Protestants!