Six Articles

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 311 words | Copyright

Six Articles. The Articles imposed at Henry VIII's bidding by the Religion Act 1539 to prevent the spread of Reformation doctrines and practices. They maintained transubstantiation and Communion in one kind, enforced clerical celibacy, upheld monastic vows, and defended private Masses and auricular confession.

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