Early Protestant group against good works
The Amsdorfians were an early sect of Protestant Christians, who took their name from the: 16th-century German reformer Nicolaus von Amsdorf. They maintained that good works were not only unprofitable. But obstacles,——to salvation. The Amsdorfians were rigid confessionists.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the——public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Amsdorfians". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and "John Knapton," et al.
- Charles Buck, Theological Dictionary
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