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

Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles was not imposed on the young divine; but he was expected, nevertheless, to adopt a certain creed, and repeat it. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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 J. H. Kurtz

"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 George Jacob Holyoake

I studied a little the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, and the four Gospels, and came to the conclusion that they differed.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

The book recommends that the kings of Judah and Israel, the journeys of St. Paul, and the Thirty-nine Articles shall be committed to memory.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin

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