Here is the link to the final article: https://bookofconcord.org/augsburg-confession/of-ecclesiastical-power/
This is another rather lengthy one. Here, the confessors argue that the church and state must be distinguished and their roles clearly delineated. The responsibility of civil authorities is to maintain good order and administer justice. They do so through legislation, law enforcement, and military power. Christians are not above the law. We are to obey the authorities (Romans 13) except when they command something contrary to God’s law. In such cases, the law of God supersedes man’s law (Acts 5:29). The state should not interfere with the church.
According to Article XVI, it is lawful for Christians to hold civil offices and participate in government. Indeed, it is good when Christians hold office. However, this article explains that the church should not usurp the role of the state. The church’s responsibility is to preach the word of God and administer the sacraments, presenting truth without coercion:
“Again, according to the Gospel or, as they say, by divine right, there belongs to the bishops as bishops, that is, to those to whom has been committed the ministry of the Word and the Sacraments, no jurisdiction except to forgive sins, to judge doctrine, to reject doctrines contrary to the Gospel, and to exclude from the communion of the Church wicked men, whose wickedness is known, and this without human force, simply by the Word.”
Furthermore, the church is not to impose unnecessary burdens on its members, nor to teach anything contrary to the pure gospel (Galatians 1:6-12).
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