Forty-Two Articles

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Reformation-era document confession of faith doctrinal statement

The Forty-Two Articles were a foundational mid-16th-century doctrinal statement of the Church of England, drafted under the leadership of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to define its emerging Protestant theology.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reformation-era document → confession of faith → doctrinal statement →
aim	to define the emerging Protestant theology of the Church of England →
author	Thomas Cranmer →
codifies	Protestant teaching in the Church of England →
compiledBy	English bishops →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of England →
dateAdopted	1553 →
dateDrafted	1552 →
denomination	Church of England →
draftedBy	Thomas Cranmer →
draftedUnderLeadershipOf	Thomas Cranmer →
ecclesiasticalStatus	authorized doctrinal standard of the Church of England under Edward VI →
follows	Bishops’ Book → King’s Book → Ten Articles →
genre	confessional document →
historicalContext	English Reformation →
influenced	Thirty-Nine Articles →
influencedBy	Lutheran confessions → Reformed theology →
language	English →
laterRevisedAs	Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion →
numberOfArticles	42 →
opposes	certain Roman Catholic doctrines → doctrine of purgatory → invocation of saints → transubstantiation →
placeOfOrigin	Canterbury →
predecessor	Ten Articles →
reignDuringAdoption	Edward VI of England →
religiousTradition	Anglicanism →
statusAfterMaryIAccession	suppressed →
subject	church authority → doctrine of Scripture → ecclesiastical ceremonies → good works → justification by faith → original sin → predestination → sacraments →
successor	Thirty-Nine Articles →
supports	justification by faith alone → supremacy of Scripture in matters of faith →
theologicalOrientation	Protestant → Reformed-leaning →
timePeriod	mid-16th century →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Cranmer → Thomas Cranmer →	notableWork
Thirty-Nine Articles →	predecessor