Today (at least out here in the Mountain Time Zone) it is still June 25th, the 481st anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.
Some thoughts on Augsburg: (please add your own)
It is a testament to God using all people to confess the truth.
It is a testament to lay-theologians (compiled/edited/written by the layman Phillip Melancthon)
It is a testament to laymen in general (the confessors at Augsburg were laymen)
It is a testament to the Lutheran civil authorities (who confessed the faith courageously)
It is a testament to the power of the Gospel [or maybe the fear of God as in Acts 4] (the Emperor did not punish/imprison/execute the rebelling princes)
The movement and order of the articles is beautiful to study on its own.
Here is a good questions for discussion: What does the fact that our foundational confession was confessed by princes/mayors mean for church and state relationships? Have we missed something in our teaching on this that our fathers in the faith understood?
If you haven’t in a while, go back and re-read the Augsburg Confession. If you have never read it, get a copy and read it (or go to the Book of Concord website and read it there).