Athanasian Creed adopted, 21. 
Augsburg Diet, Papists predominant at, 55.
--------- --------- Melancthon’s alarm at, 55.
--------- --------- subscription to, not required in Luther’s time, 22.
--------- --------- itself a disclaimer of error, 30.
--------- --------- practice of requiring assent to, rejected, by the
fathers of Pennsylvania Synod fifty years ago, 39. 
Augsburg Confession, disadvantages under which it was prepared, 47.
--------- --------- dissented from by Dr. Lochman, 39.
--------- --------- parts of, omitted by him in his edition, 40.
--------- --------- dissented from by many of our principal divines, 41,
42. 
Aurifaber’s narrative of Augsburg Diet, 78.

Bachman, Dr., dissents from Symbolical books, 42. 
Baptism, its influence on adults, 143-144.
--------- --------- infants, 144, 145, 146. 
Baptismal Regeneration, see Regeneration baptismal. 
Basel, Synod of, it conceded both kinds, 76. 
Bible, Luther’s deep sense of obligation to, 46.
--------- true and infallible symbol, 41. 
Bishops, Reformers willing again to submit to them, 58. 
Bohemians claim eucharist entire, 76.

Campegius, Letter of Melancthon to, 51. 
Canon of the mass, 73, 77. 
Ceremonies of the mass, 64. 
Church of Christ, importance of the, 17.
--------- no essential additions to be made to her, 18. 
Confession, Dr. Plank on, 102.
--------- private, unscriptural, 103.
--------- how performed, 98-100. 
Concessions, Melancthon’s, 54, 49.
--------- of the Reformers to Papists, 49. 
Concluding remarks, 161-68. 
Controversy, religious, sometimes necessary and useful, 13.
--------- how it should be conducted, 16.
--------- the present commenced by Old Lutherans, 8. 
Creed of the Council of Nice, 20. 
Creeds not commanded by the Bible, 19.
--------- only inferential, 19.
--------- human, all uninspired, 23.
--------- not all changes in, to be deprecated, 45.
--------- must be conformed to Bible truth in every age, 23, 29.

Definite Platform, its origin, 26.
--------- --------- its authors not agitators, 26.
--------- --------- not a new rejection of errors, 43.
--------- --------- retains more of the Augsburg Confession than the
General Synod’s Pledge, 15.
--------- --------- adopted by several Synods, 15.
--------- --------- misunderstood, 28.
--------- --------- an unofficial proposal till adopted by Synods,--right
to make it, 32.
--------- --------- claimed no authority till adopted, 32. 
Denomination, a Christian bound not to defend, but to reject the errors
of its symbols, 38. 
Depravity natural, a scriptural doctrine, 6, 7. 
Design of this work, 3, 4. 
Disadvantages attending the preparation of Augsburg Confession, 48. 
Disclaimer, Synodical, 63. 
Doctrine, fundamental, list of, 5. 
Duty of a church to test her creed by Scripture, 23.
--------- --------- to alter her creed if found erroneous, 29, 162-68.