Article XXXI Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross
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Article XXXI "Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross" is a doctrinal statement within the Church of England’s Thirty-Nine Articles that affirms the sufficiency and finality of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and rejects the notion of repeated propitiatory sacrifices in the Mass.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Anglican doctrinal statement
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Article of Religion → doctrinal article → |
| affirms |
finality of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross
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once-for-all nature of Christ’s atoning death → sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross → unicity of Christ’s oblation → |
| aimsTo |
distinguish Anglican teaching from late medieval Roman Catholic views of the Mass
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safeguard the uniqueness of Christ’s atoning work → |
| christologicalClaim |
Christ’s oblation on the cross is perfect
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Christ’s oblation on the cross is sufficient for the sins of the world → |
| confesses |
that Christ’s death is a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice
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| confessionalStatus |
authoritative for clergy of the Church of England
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formative for classical Anglican theology → |
| doctrinalCategory |
sacramental theology
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soteriology → |
| hasNumber |
31
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| historicalContext |
16th-century doctrinal controversies about the Mass
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English Reformation → |
| influences |
Anglican liturgical and Eucharistic practice
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Anglican teaching on the Lord’s Supper → |
| language |
English
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| partOf |
Articles of Religion of the Church of England
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Thirty-Nine Articles → |
| positionOnMass |
denies that the Eucharist is a new propitiatory sacrifice
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understands the Eucharist as a remembrance of Christ’s one sacrifice → |
| rejects |
idea of the Mass as a propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead
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notion that the Mass is a repetition of Christ’s sacrifice → repeated propitiatory sacrifices in the Mass → |
| religiousTradition |
Anglicanism
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Church of England → |
| scripturalBasis |
New Testament teaching on the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ
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| subjectOf |
Anglican doctrinal interpretation
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ecumenical dialogue on Eucharistic sacrifice → |
| theologicalFocus |
Eucharistic theology
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atonement → sacrifice of Christ → |
| title |
Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross
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| usedBy |
Anglican churches influenced by the Thirty-Nine Articles
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Thirty-Nine Articles
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