Lambeth Quadrilateral

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The Lambeth Quadrilateral is an Anglican statement of four key principles—Scripture, the creeds, the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist, and the historic episcopate—proposed as a basis for Christian unity.

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Label Occurrences
Lambeth Quadrilateral canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal statement
ecumenical statement
adoptedAs Resolution 11 of the 1888 Lambeth Conference NERFINISHED
adoptedBy House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED
Lambeth Conference NERFINISHED
adoptedInYear 1886
1888
affirms Apostles' Creed as baptismal symbol
Baptism and the Supper of the Lord as ordained by Christ
Nicene Creed as sufficient statement of the Christian faith NERFINISHED
Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation
historic episcopate locally adapted
alsoKnownAs Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral NERFINISHED
defines minimum basis for church reunion from an Anglican perspective
denomination Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED
emphasizes authority of Scripture
ecumenical creeds
episcopal church governance
two dominical sacraments
firstPublishedBy William Reed Huntington NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn The Church Idea NERFINISHED
formulatedBy William Reed Huntington NERFINISHED
formulatedInYear 1870
geographicScope Anglican Communion NERFINISHED
hasComponent Apostles' Creed NERFINISHED
Holy Scripture NERFINISHED
Nicene Creed NERFINISHED
historic episcopate
sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist
hasInfluenceOn Anglican Communion ecumenical policy
Anglican identity discussions
hasNumberOfArticles 4
hasTheologicalFocus authority of tradition and Scripture
ecclesiology
sacramental theology
influencedBy 19th-century ecumenical movement
language English
placeOfFormalAdoption Lambeth Palace NERFINISHED
proposesAsBasisFor Christian unity
relatedTo Chicago Quadrilateral NERFINISHED
Lambeth Conference resolutions NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Anglicanism NERFINISHED
usedFor Anglican ecumenical dialogue
Anglican–Lutheran conversations NERFINISHED
Anglican–Methodist conversations NERFINISHED
Anglican–Old Catholic conversations NERFINISHED
Anglican–Orthodox conversations
Anglican–Roman Catholic conversations NERFINISHED

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Church of Nigeria doctrinalStandard Lambeth Quadrilateral
Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral alsoKnownAs Lambeth Quadrilateral
Anglican confessional documents includes Lambeth Quadrilateral