Article X Of Free Will

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Article X Of Free Will is a doctrinal statement in the Anglican Thirty-Nine Articles that outlines the Church of England’s teaching on human free will in relation to sin, grace, and salvation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican article
doctrinal statement
affirms existence of human free will
inability of humans to turn to God by their own natural strength
necessity of divine grace for salvation
need for God’s grace to have a good will
need for God’s grace to perform good works pleasing to God
authorityIn Anglican theology
surface form: Church of England doctrine
canonicalCollection Thirty-Nine Articles
surface form: Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
codifiedIn Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer editions containing the Thirty-Nine Articles
concerns free will
grace
salvation
sin
denies Pelagian view of human ability
that fallen humans can prepare themselves for grace by their own works
hasCanonicalNumber Article X
historicalContext English Reformation
influencedBy Augustinian theology
Reformation theology
language English
partOf Thirty-Nine Articles
positionOnGrace prevenient grace is required to will what is good
positionOnHumanNature humans are fallen and weakened by sin
positionOnMerit good works originate from God’s grace rather than human merit
relatedTo Article IX Of Original Or Birth-Sin
Article XI Of the Justification of Man
religiousTradition Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism

Church of England
scripturalBasis New Testament teaching on grace and human inability
theologicalDiscipline anthropology
soteriology
title Of Free Will
usedBy Church of England clergy
surface form: Anglican clergy

Anglican theologians
usedFor defining Anglican teaching on free will
ordination vows in some Anglican provinces

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