Jakob Andreae
Lutheran theologian whose name stands first among the six who signed the Formula of Concord at Bergen in 1577. The Formula became the last of the confessions gathered in the Book of Concord of 1580.
The manuscripts of the Epitome of the Formula of Concord close with the place and date, Bergen, 29 May 1577, and six signatures, of which “Iacobus Andreae D.” is the first; the same names stand under the longer Solid Declaration (Formula of Concord, Epitome, closing note in the Triglot edition, p. 842). The preface to the Book of Concord, which names no theologian, describes how the Formula came about: the conference that the elector of Saxony called to Torgau in 1576 and the revision of its draft in the light of the criticisms sent in by the Lutheran princes (Book of Concord, preface 12–13). See the Book of Concord.
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- 25 June 1580, firm dateThe Book of Concord
After years of disputes among Lutherans following Luther’s death, six theologians sign the Formula of Concord in 1577. In 1580 Lutheran electors, princes and cities publish it with the Augsburg Confession, Luther’s catechisms and the ancient creeds as one Book of Concord.