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

Under the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1563, the Church of England retained many of the outward forms of the Roman Church that were favored by Henry, including the office of bishop, the sacraments, and the worship in grand and lavishly decorated churches and cathedrals.

From Salon

I own that I think criticism shows to little advantage when it occupies itself in considering whether a work of art is to be called by this name or that; and I am rather impatient of the critic who comes with his canons of art, his Thirty-Nine articles of literary dogma, and judges a book, not by what it is in itself, but by the answer it gives to his self-invented catechism.

From Project Gutenberg

He could not subscribe the Thirty-Nine Articles for his degree as a Master; he left Oxford.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

My answer is, Yes, but we do not refer to the Thirty-nine Articles for a statement of the Gospel, but188 rather to the Apostles' Creed, which contains the simplest summary of the facts on which the Gospel rests.

From Project Gutenberg