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Thirty-Nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles. The articles are those finally agreed by the convocations of the Church of England in 1571. They comprise a set of doctrinal statements which were intended to define the position of the reformed Church of England in respect of the disputes and questions over matters of faith and order current at the time. Printed as an appendix to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (where they are dated 1562, the year of their original formulation), their declared purpose is ‘for the avoiding of diversities of opinions and for the establishing of consent touching true religion’. The articles encompass Trinitarian doctrine, justification, predestination and election, the authority of the church and of general councils, as well as the ordering of ministry, the disciplines expected of the faithful, and the position of the sovereign and of civil magistrates vis-à-vis the church. They steer a careful—and sometimes ambiguous—path between catholic and reformed doctrines. Subscription to them is still required of the clergy, but since 1865 only a general affirmation that what is expressed in them is agreeable to the Word of God and not a more particular and searching assent to each one individually is required.
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JOHN CANNON. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ThirtyNineArticles.html JOHN CANNON. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ThirtyNineArticles.html |
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Thirty-Nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles. The set of doctrinal formulas finally accepted by the C of E. The first text was issued by Convocation in 1563; they received their final form in 1571. They are not a statement of Christian doctrine in the form of a creed; rather they are short summaries of dogmatic tenets, each dealing with some point raised in contemporary controversy. Various interpretations have been put on some of them, and probably this licence was intended by their framers. Until 1865 the clergy were required to accept each and every one of them, but then a more general assent was substituted, and since 1975 the Articles have only to be accepted as one of the historic formularies of the C of E which bear witness to the faith revealed in Scripture and set forth in the catholic creeds.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThirtyNineArticles.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThirtyNineArticles.html |
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Thirty‐Nine Articles
Thirty‐Nine Articles The articles are those finally agreed by the convocations of the Church of England in 1571. They comprise a set of doctrinal statements which were intended to define the position of the reformed Church of England. Printed as an appendix to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, their declared purpose is ‘for the avoiding of diversities of opinions and for the establishing of consent touching true religion’. They steer a careful—and sometimes ambiguous—path between catholic and reformed doctrines. Subscription to them is still required of the clergy, but since 1865 only a general affirmation is required.
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JOHN CANNON. "Thirty‐Nine Articles." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Thirty‐Nine Articles." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ThirtyNineArticles.html JOHN CANNON. "Thirty‐Nine Articles." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ThirtyNineArticles.html |
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Thirty-Nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles The set of doctrinal formulae first issued in 1563 and finally adopted by the Anglican Communion in 1571 as a statement of its position. Many of the articles allow a wide variety of interpretation. They had their origin in several previous definitions, required by the shifts and turns of the English Reformation. The Ten Articles (1536) and Six Articles (1539) upheld religious conservatism, but the Forty-Two Articles (1553), prepared by CRANMER and Ridley, were of markedly Protestant character, and they provided the basis of the Thirty-Nine Articles.
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"Thirty-Nine Articles." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Thirty-Nine Articles." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ThirtyNineArticles.html "Thirty-Nine Articles." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ThirtyNineArticles.html |
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Thirty-Nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles. The articles of faith, designed in the 16th cent., to elucidate the particular tenets of the Church of England, in contrast to the Catholic and reformed churches of the Continent. They were curtailed by Convocation in 1563 from the Forty-Two Articles of 1553, and were approved finally in 1571. They are commonly printed at the end of the Book of Common Prayer. The Articles are in no sense a creed, but only statements of the Anglican position on dogmatic questions of the 16th cent.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ThirtyNineArticles.html JOHN BOWKER. "Thirty-Nine Articles." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ThirtyNineArticles.html |
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Articles, Thirty-Nine
Articles, Thirty-Nine: see THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Articles, Thirty-Nine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Articles, Thirty-Nine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ArticlesThirtyNine.html JOHN BOWKER. "Articles, Thirty-Nine." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ArticlesThirtyNine.html |
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Thirty-nine Articles
Thirty-nine Articles see creed 5. |
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"Thirty-nine Articles." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Thirty-nine Articles." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Thirtyni.html "Thirty-nine Articles." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Thirtyni.html |
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