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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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal text
Reformed confession
doctrinal statement
theological document
associatedCleric Richard Fletcher GENERATED
Richard Vaughan GENERATED
associatedInstitution Church of England NERFINISHED
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
commissionedBy John Whitgift NERFINISHED
concerns assurance of salvation
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
Irish Articles of 1615 NERFINISHED
early seventeenth-century Anglican debates on predestination
intendedFunction clarify predestinarian theology in the Church of England
reinforce Calvinist doctrine within the Church of England
supplement the Thirty-Nine Articles
language English
Latin
notableFeature affirmation of the perseverance of the elect
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
London NERFINISHED
relatedTo Irish Articles 1615 NERFINISHED
Synod of Dort NERFINISHED
Thirty-Nine Articles NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Anglicanism NERFINISHED
Calvinism NERFINISHED
Reformed theology
statusInChurchOfEngland never officially adopted by royal authority
not incorporated into the Thirty-Nine Articles
subjectMatter divine foreknowledge and decree
doctrine of grace
theologicalFocus election
perseverance of the saints
predestination
reprobation
theologicalOrientation Augustinian
Calvinist
triggeredBy controversy over predestination at the University of Cambridge

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Anglican confessional documents includes Lambeth Articles 1595