Thirty-Nine Articles

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The Thirty-Nine Articles are a foundational set of doctrinal statements that define the core beliefs and theological positions of the Anglican tradition.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican formulary
confession of faith
doctrinal statement
symbolic text
affirmsDoctrine Trinity
authority of Scripture
justification by faith
original sin
approvedBy Convocation of Canterbury
Convocation of York
compiledUnder Archbishop Matthew Parker
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
dateOfAdoption 1571
dateOfOrigin 1563
genre ecclesiastical law text
hasPart Article I Of Faith in the Holy Trinity
Article VI Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation
Article XI Of the Justification of Man
Article XIX Of the Church
Article XVII Of Predestination and Election
Article XXV Of the Sacraments
Article XXVIII Of the Lord’s Supper
Article XXXI Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross
Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates
influenced Anglican Communion churches
Anglican theology
Methodist Articles of Religion
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
influencedBy Augustinian theology
Lutheran confessions
Medieval scholasticism
Reformed theology
language English
Latin
listsSacrament Baptism
Lord’s Supper
numberOfArticles 39
placeOfOrigin London
positionOnSacraments recognizes two sacraments of the Gospel
predecessor Forty-Two Articles
ratifiedBy Elizabeth I of England
regulates doctrine of the Church of England
rejectsDoctrine invocation of saints as necessary
purgatory as commonly taught
transubstantiation
religiousTradition Anglicanism
Church of England
statusInAnglicanism historic standard of doctrine
theologicalOrientation Protestant
Reformed-leaning

Referenced by (16)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Thirty-Nine Articles ("Article I Of Faith in the Holy Trinity")
Thirty-Nine Articles ("Article VI Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation")
Thirty-Nine Articles ("Article XI Of the Justification of Man")
Thirty-Nine Articles ("Article XIX Of the Church")
hasPart
Article XVII Of Predestination and Election
Article XXXI Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross
Article XXXI Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross ("Articles of Religion of the Church of England")
Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates
partOf
Forty-Two Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles ("Methodist Articles of Religion")
influenced
Church of Ireland ("Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion")
doctrine
Church of England
doctrineBasis
Anglican Communion
hasDoctrinalStandard
Forty-Two Articles ("Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion")
laterRevisedAs
Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates ("Article XX Of the Authority of the Church")
relatedTo
Forty-Two Articles
successor

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