Thirty-nine Articles

British  

plural noun

1. a set of formulas defining the doctrinal position of the Church of England, drawn up in the 16th century, to which the clergy are required to give general consent

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Thirty-nine Articles Cultural  

1. Thirty-nine fundamental beliefs of the Anglican Communion, in addition to the common Christian creeds. The Thirty-nine Articles, most of which are short paragraphs, set down differences in belief between Anglicans and other Christians.

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Example Sentences

He loved the theater � but when he met beautiful Actress Irene Vanbrugh he could think of nothing to talk about but the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirty-nine Articles, the articles of religious belief finally agreed upon by the entire bishops and clergy of the Church of England in 1562.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

"What I am thinking of," said Bright, "is whether we shall not be taken as seeking the repeal of the Thirty-nine Articles instead of the taxes on knowledge."

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Obviously no one has a right to call on you to define the distinctive character of a formulary such as the Thirty-nine Articles, or of any but such as are employed in schools.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

The doctrines of the Church are contained in the Thirty-nine Articles; the form of worship is directed by the Book of Common Prayer.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various