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

For it's more important that our rookeries should be made decent dwelling-places than that all the Churches should plump for the Thirty-nine Articles.

From A Second Coming by Marsh, Richard

It is told of an English wit that when asked if he was willing to subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles, he promptly replied, "Oh, yes, forty of them if you wish."

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

And if so, does it further mean that all matters of doctrine, such as are defined in the Thirty-nine Articles, are of this nature?

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John

Certificate of subscribing to the Thirty-nine Articles, October 7th, 1760.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.