Lambeth Articles 1595
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The Lambeth Articles of 1595 were a short set of Calvinist doctrinal statements drafted within the Church of England to clarify and reinforce predestinarian theology during the late Elizabethan period.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lambeth Articles 1595 canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican doctrinal text
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Reformed confession ⓘ doctrinal statement ⓘ theological document ⓘ |
| associatedCleric |
Richard Fletcher
GENERATED
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Richard Vaughan GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution |
Church of England
NERFINISHED
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University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | John Whitgift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
assurance of salvation
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human free will in salvation ⓘ scope of Christ’s atonement ⓘ |
| confessionalFamily | Reformed confessions of faith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 1595 ⓘ |
| draftedIn | 1595 ⓘ |
| draftedUnderMonarch | Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drafter | William Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalContext | internal doctrinal disputes within the Church of England ⓘ |
| genre | confessional article ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Elizabethan period ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
English Calvinist theology
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Irish Articles of 1615 NERFINISHED ⓘ early seventeenth-century Anglican debates on predestination ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
clarify predestinarian theology in the Church of England
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reinforce Calvinist doctrine within the Church of England ⓘ supplement the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
affirmation of the perseverance of the elect
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assertion that some are predestined to life and some to death ⓘ denial that saving grace is given to all ⓘ emphasis on the certainty of salvation for the elect ⓘ strong affirmation of unconditional election ⓘ |
| numberOfArticles | 9 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | more moderate and anti-Calvinist elements in the Elizabethan church ⓘ |
| placeOfDrafting |
Lambeth Palace
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish Articles 1615
NERFINISHED
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Synod of Dort NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirty-Nine Articles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Anglicanism
NERFINISHED
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Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ |
| statusInChurchOfEngland |
never officially adopted by royal authority
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not incorporated into the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
divine foreknowledge and decree
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doctrine of grace ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
election
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perseverance of the saints ⓘ predestination ⓘ reprobation ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Augustinian
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Calvinist ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | controversy over predestination at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
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