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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Thirty-nine Articles

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

Now, Dr. Paley says, that "the Thirty-nine Articles, will be found, on dissection, to contain about two hundred and forty distinct, and independent propositions; many of them, inconsistent with each other."

From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Rigby, Nicholas

There sits Georgie, a very fragile teacher for so rough a class; here sits the vicar with the adults before him, deep in the mysteries of the Thirty-nine Articles.

From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess

The breach with the mother church was completed by the adoption of a creed in which the Thirty-nine Articles were reduced to twenty-five.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Then, being asked, "Now, Mr. Jowett, answer the truth; can you sign the Thirty-nine Articles?" he dumbfoundered them with—"If you've a little ink!"

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.