Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates

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doctrinal article religious text

Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates is a doctrinal statement within the Church of England’s Thirty-Nine Articles that outlines the proper authority and role of secular rulers in relation to the church and matters of faith.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	doctrinal article ⓘ religious text ⓘ
affiliation	Church of England ⓘ
asserts	civil magistrates should not usurp spiritual authority of the church ⓘ obedience is due to lawful civil authority in temporal matters ⓘ secular rulers have lawful authority in civil matters ⓘ
codifiedIn	Book of Common Prayer editions that include the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
concernsRelationBetween	church ⓘ state ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dateOfComposition	16th century ⓘ
definesRoleOf	civil magistrates ⓘ secular rulers ⓘ
denies	that civil magistrates may determine matters of faith and conscience in the same way as the church ⓘ
function	to outline proper authority of secular rulers in relation to the church ⓘ to regulate Anglican teaching on church–state relations ⓘ
genre	confessional statement ⓘ doctrinal standard ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatusIn	Church of England ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Anglican political theology ⓘ Anglican views of obedience to government ⓘ
hasNumber	XXXVII ⓘ
hasTitle	Of the Civil Magistrates ⓘ
influencedBy	Reformation-era views on civil authority ⓘ
inForceIn	established Church of England doctrine ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ doctrinal standards of the Church of England ⓘ
relatedTo	Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ surface form: Article XX Of the Authority of the Church Article XXXVI Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers ⓘ Article XXXVIII Of Christian Men’s Goods ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
subjectOf	Anglican ecclesiology ⓘ studies in church–state relations ⓘ
topic	church and state ⓘ civil authority ⓘ limits of civil power in religion ⓘ magistracy ⓘ secular government ⓘ
usedBy	Anglican clergy ⓘ Anglican theologians ⓘ
usedIn	Anglican confessional documents ⓘ

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