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Augustan confessionAugustan 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. ConfessionalConfessional Con*fes"sion*al, a.
Pertaining to a confession of faith.
Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons
confessing different creeds. Confessional equalityEquality 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 equalityConfessional 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 Confession from wikipedia
- A
confession is a
statement – made by a
person or by a
group of
people –
acknowledging some
personal fact that the
person (or the group)
would ostensibly...
- hidden.
Confessions may also
refer to:
Confessions (1925 film), a
British silent film
Confessions (2010 film), a ****anese film The
Confessions (film) (Le...
- The
Confession of
Faith (1689), also
known as the 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith, or the
Second London Baptist Confession of
Faith (to
distinguish it...
-
Augsburg Confession, also
known as the
Augustan Confession or the
Augustana from its
Latin name,
Confessio Augustana, is the
primary confession of faith...
- Look up
confession, confess, confessing, or
confessio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
confession is an
acknowledgement of fact by one who
would have...
-
Confession, in many religions, is the
acknowledgment of
sinful thoughts and actions. This may
occur directly to a
deity or to
fellow people. It is often...
- of the
Westminster Confession The
Westminster Confession of Faith, or
simply the
Westminster Confession, is a
Reformed confession of faith.
Drawn up by...
-
Reformed Christianity portal The
Scots Confession (also
called the
Scots Confession of 1560) is a
Confession of
Faith written in 1560 by six
leaders of...
- A
false confession is an
admission of
guilt for a
crime which the
individual did not commit.
Although such
confessions seem counterintuitive, they can...
- A creed, also
known as a
confession of faith, a symbol, or a
statement of faith, is a
statement of the
shared beliefs of a
community (often a religious...
