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Brandenburg

Confession of Brandenburg. A formulary or confession of faith drawn up in the city of Brandenburg, by order of the elector, with the view of reconciling the tenets of Luther with those of Calvin, and to put an end to the disputes occasioned by the confession of Augsburg.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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