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Work #854 · Late

Book of Concord

Lutheran theologians (Andreae, Chemnitz, Selnecker, et al.)
1580 (June 25, fiftieth anniversary of the Augsburg Confession) · German / Latin
Confessional collection · Sixteenth-century Lutheran confessional theology

The 1580 collection of Lutheran confessions — the doctrinal standard of orthodox Lutheranism

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Attribute Book of Concord (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Book of Concord

The Reformation moment of confessional consolidation.

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Space

Book of Concord

The Lutheran territories of central Europe.

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Matter

Book of Concord

The embodied confessing church.

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Observer

Book of Concord

The confessing Lutheran believer.

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Energy

Book of Concord

Energies of confessional witness.

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Information

Book of Concord

The structured doctrinal corpus.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Book of Concord

The Book of Concord: foundational doctrinal standard of confessional Lutheranism; central reference for Reformation theology.