In this new edition, readers will encounter the dramatic history and heroic persons associated with the various documents in the Lutheran Confessions. Helpful introductions, insightful notes and annotations, and new tools and guides aid reading and comprehension.

Additional features:

- An expanded timeline and general index

- Enhanced page layout features and design elements

- New essays in the introduction that provide an overview of the textual issues and history of the Lutheran Confessions

- A summary of the nature and meaning of the Church's