"When the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life, in Christ Jesus our Lord." – St. Paul to Titus, chapter three
"Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body." – St. Paul
Written by Melanchthon, Luther’s peer, the Apology responds to the Papist Confutation commissioned by Charles V to examine the Augsburg Confession of 1530. Both the Confession and Apology are the official confessions of Lutherans
