_The Confutatio Pontificia:
         In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty
          By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The
            Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes
           Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following
                Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.
                              Edited by J.M. Reu.
                                 Published in
              _The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._
     (Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press), pp. 349-383.


                                To Article V.

In the fifth article the statement that the Holy Ghost is given by the Word
and sacraments, as by instruments, is approved. For thus it is written,
Acts 10:44: "While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all
them which heard the word." And John 1:33: "The same is He which
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost." The mention, however, that they here make
of faith is approved so far as not Faith alone, which some incorrectly
teach, but faith which worketh by love, is understood, as the apostle
teaches aright in Gal 5:3. For in baptism there is an infusion, not of faith
alone, but also, at the same time, of hope and love, as Pope Alexander
declares in the canon Majores concerning baptism and its effect; which
John the Baptist also taught long before, saying, Luke 3:16: "He shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire."
                                      
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