Articles of Religion of 1553

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The Articles of Religion of 1553 are an early foundational doctrinal statement of the English Reformation that helped define the theological identity of the emerging Anglican Church.

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Articles of Religion of 1553 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal standard
Reformation-era religious text
confession of faith
doctrinal statement
affirms the sufficiency of Holy Scripture for salvation
two gospel sacraments
aim to provide a doctrinal standard for the Church of England
associatedWithPerson Edward VI of England NERFINISHED
Thomas Cranmer NERFINISHED
codifiedAs Forty-Two Articles NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
date 1553
denomination Church of England
followedBy Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion NERFINISHED
follows Bishops’ Book of 1537 NERFINISHED
King’s Book of 1543 NERFINISHED
Ten Articles of 1536 NERFINISHED
genre confessional document
historicalContext English Reformation NERFINISHED
historicalRole helped define the theological identity of the emerging Anglican Church
influenced later Anglican formularies
influencedBy continental Reformed confessions
language English
Latin
numberOfArticles 42
placeOfOrigin London NERFINISHED
promulgatedUnder Edward VI of England NERFINISHED
rejects certain medieval Catholic doctrines
religiousTradition Anglicanism NERFINISHED
Protestantism
status superseded by the Thirty-Nine Articles in 1563–1571
subject Christology
authority of Scripture
baptism
church authority
doctrine of justification by faith
ecclesiology
good works
original sin
predestination
purgatory
sacraments
the Lord’s Supper
use of vernacular in worship
veneration of saints
theologicalOrientation Protestant
Reformed

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Anglican confessional documents includes Articles of Religion of 1553