Just one more...maybe

One more golden nugget in honor of the Reformation. (There could always end up being more though. ;) )

APOLOGY OF THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION ARTICLE V: LOVE AND FULFILLING THE LAW

[The adversaries] do not teach the righteousness of faith because they understand faith as merely a knowledge of the history or of dogmas. They do not understand faith to be a virtue, which takes hold of the promise of grace and of righteousness, and which enlivens hearts in the terrors of sin and of death. Paul says, "With the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved" (Romans 10:10). Paul says that confession saves in order to show what sort of faith receives eternal life, namely, that which is firm and active. That faith, however, that does not present itself in confession is not firm. So we conclude that we are justified before God, are reconciled to God and reborn through faith. In repentance this faith lays hold of the promise of grace and truly enlivens the terrified mind. It is convinced that for Christ's sake God is reconciled and favorable toward us. "Through" this faith, 1Peter 1:5 says, "[We] are being guarded. for a salvation ready to be revealed." The knowledge of this faith is necessary to Christians, brings the most abundant comfort in all troubles, and shows us Christ's office. Those who deny that people are justified through faith and that Christ is Mediator and the Atoning Sacrifice, deny the promise of grace and the Gospel. When it comes to justification, they teach only the doctrine either of reason or of the Law. (paragraphs 262-263,265-266)